Where does “가위주먹” come from?

가위주먹 (Korean) comes from Korean 가위 — scissors.

가위주먹 (Korean): rock paper scissors

Definitions

  1. rock paper scissors

Ancestry of “가위주먹”, step by step

가위주먹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 가위

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가위scissors

via Korean 주먹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean주먹fist
Every word from Korean 가위