Korean learner dictionary

심청

simcheong · Sim Cheong

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 67980

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 심ː청

1.
‘심청전’의 여자 주인공. 효심이 깊은 딸로 장님인 아버지의 눈을 뜨게 하기 위해 제물로 팔려갔지만 용왕의 도움으로 세상에 나왔다가 왕후가 된다.
English: Sim Cheong — The heroine of "Simcheongjeon", The Tale of Sim Cheong; a filial daughter, Sim Cheong was sold as a virginal sacrificial offering to the sea so that her blind father could make temple donation capable of miraculously restoring his sight; with the help of the Dragon King of the Sea, she returned to the land and eventually became a queen.