적다
jeokda · TOPIK 1
to write down, to note
📝 Sounds like jot-da: jot it down = 적다
적 (jeok) sounds close to jot, and 다 is the dictionary verb ending. Jot + da = to jot down, to note. Same spelling also means to be few, so let context decide: 이름을 적다 = write down a name.