Korean slang profile
식테크
siktekeu
Personal financial management through growing or propagating plants and reselling them.
Personal financial management through growing or propagating plants and reselling them.
- Expanded form
- 식물·재테크plants + personal financial management
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Mar 25, 2024
- 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
식테크의 뜻과 식물 거래에 관한 기사를 읽었다.
I read an article about the meaning of 식테크 and plant trading.
02Documented history
- March 2024한라일보 introduced the meaning and usage of this expression.[1]
03Origin & word formation
A shortened blend of 식물 (plants) and 재테크 (personal financial management). A 2024 한라일보 article explicitly explains the two-part formation while describing growing and reselling plants. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The abbreviation’s explanation and usage were checked directly, but who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- '식물 재테크' 잘 모르고 하면 불법.. 처벌받을수도 - 한라일보 (한라일보)Published Mar 25, 2024Original source checked Nov 13, 2026