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Yongja-sal | A Jeongja-sal Scaled Up

This series · The Changho Glossary · No. 11 (14 episodes total) Ongoing

"Sorting out the names and joinery of traditional changho, one at a time."

  1. No. 1 Jeongja-sal | A Changho Joined into the Character 井
  2. No. 2 Se-sal (細살) | A Changho Set with Fine Slats, Packed Close
  3. No. 3 Bit-sal | A Changho Joined with Slats Set on the Diagonal
  4. No. 4 Aja-sal | A Pattern With No Good Meaning
  5. No. 5 Wanja-sal | A Pattern Overflowing with Meaning
  6. No. 6 Sutdae-sal | A Changho Joined with Broken Slats
  7. No. 7 Semo-sotgeul-sal | A Changho Where the Cells Come Out as Triangles
  8. No. 8 Yukmo-sotgeul-sal | A Changho Where the Cells Come Out as Hexagons
  9. No. 9 Gyeokja-bit-sal | A Changho Layering Diagonal Lattice Over a Grid
  10. No. 10 Gwigap-sal | Tenon or Notch?
  11. No. 11 Yongja-sal | A Jeongja-sal Scaled Up
  12. No. 12 Changho Hung in Layers | Ssangchang, Yeongchang, Heukchang, Gapchang
  13. No. 13 Changho Built into the Wall | Bongchang, Salchang, Gwangchang, Deulchang
  14. No. 14 Small Changho | Baraji, Nukkup, Changgyeong

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Yongja-sal | A Jeongja-sal Scaled Up

Yongja-sal is jeongja-sal scaled up. Fewer slats means larger cells. The cells come out as large squares. It's an extremely economical lattice.

It's called yongja-sal because its shape resembles the character 用 (yong). Unlike 完 or 亞, this isn't a character borrowed for its meaning — only its shape was borrowed for the name.

The joinery is a half-lap, the same as jeongja-sal. That makes sense, since it's the same joinery simply spread out wider.

It's used in the sarangbang, the men's quarters — an interior changho. Ju Nam-cheol describes a sadaebu house's changho standing layered from outside to inside: an outer deotchang first, then a sachang behind it, then a sliding double changho (ssangchang) behind that. Yongja-sal belongs at that ssangchang layer — the same tier as aja-sal and wanja-sal.

One more name is worth noting here. The Standard Korean Dictionary defines beomsal-jangji as a jangjimun (sliding partition door) whose lattice is loosely joined into the shape of the character 井. Since that's jeongja-sal spread loose, it overlaps with yongja-sal. That said, beomsal also has variants such as ssangjul-beomsal-chang, which pairs two slats side by side, so whether the two terms are the same thing, or "beomsal" is simply the broader term, hasn't been settled yet.

Source

  • Ju Nam-cheol, "The Face of a House: Changho," Munhwajae Sarang, Cultural Heritage Administration, 2015
  • Ju Nam-cheol, Korea's Doors and Changho, Daewonsa, 2001
  • National Institute of Korean Language, Standard Korean Dictionary, entry "beomsal-jangji"

Try designing this lattice yourself

Try adjusting the Beomsal-jangji (Wide-bar Lattice Door) pattern covered in this post yourself, right in the studio.

Open in studio

This lattice belongs to the Beomsal-jangji (Wide-bar Lattice Door) series — see real production examples in the Collection.

View Beomsal-jangji (Wide-bar Lattice Door) in the Collection