Korean slang profile
공주책
gongjuchaek
A book starring a princess
A book with a princess as its main character.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
아이는 도서관에서 공주책을 한 권 골랐다.
The child chose a 공주책 at the library.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “공주책” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection defines it as a book in which a princess is the protagonist. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026