Meanings
- uncountableA Korean card game with betting and bluffing, played with hwatu cards, similar to baccarat and the Japanese game oicho-kabu
Games played with hwatu cards include minhwatu, go-stop, yukbaek, sambong, ppeong, and games similar to tujeon, such as jitgottaeng and seotda.
2010, Ria Chae, editor, Encyclopedia of Korean Seasonal Customs, National Folk Museum of Korea, →ISBN, page 1032 more examples
The lyrics of "Ddaeng" for instance, which is a song that BTS released for free, are impossible to understand without knowledge about seotda, which is a game type for Korean gambling cards (hwatu). Therefore, fan translations of "Ddaeng" provide detailed rules of seotda alongside the English lyrics.
2019, Jeeheng Lee, translated by Oul Han, Solbee Park, BTS and ARMY Culture, 커뮤니케이션북스(주), →ISBNHe'd dug up a pack of hwatu cards from somewhere inside his bag, and he projects his voice as he gravely says, "The name of the game is seotda."
2024, Hope Zane, “Mouse's Past and Future” (chapter 27), in Fairytale: A K-Pop M/M Romance, →ISBN
Origin
- Korean섰다
- Englishseotda
Borrowed from Korean 섰다 (seotda).
More words from Korean
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Japanese ソッタ
- ソッタ (sotta)Translations
Korean 섰다, 섯다
- 섰다 (seotda)Translations
- 섯다 (seotda)Translations
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Cite this entry
seotda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seotda
“seotda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seotda. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seotda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seotda.
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