Korean slang profile
불닭
buldak
Very spicy chicken dish
A chicken dish seasoned very hot and then grilled or fried.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
저녁에는 매운 불닭을 나눠 먹었다.
We shared spicy 불닭 for dinner.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “불닭” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A paper in a 2006 National Institute of Korean Language publication analyzes it as a compound adding 불 to express that the chicken is very spicy. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and explanation of the components were checked in the official paper. Its subjects were expressions surveyed in 2002–2005; the publication year does not establish their year of origin.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 최근 신어의 조어적 특징 — 새국어생활 제16권 제4호 (국립국어원)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026