얼

얼 U+C5BC, 얼 HANGUL SYLLABLE EOL Composition: ㅇ + ㅓ + ㄹ ← 얻 [U+C5BB] Hangul Syllables 얽 → [U+C5BD]

어억얶얷언얹얺 얻얼얽얾얿엀엁 엂엃엄업없엇었 엉엊엋엌엍엎엏
얘 ←	→ 에

See also: 얼-

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hyang'yak gugeupbang (鄕藥救急方 / 향약구급방), 1250, as Late Old Korean 与老 (Yale: *yelwo).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 열 (Yale: yel).

Originally meant "gallbladder", not anything spiritual.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɘ(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [얼(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eol
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏl
Yale Romanization?	ēl

Noun

얼 • (eol)

1. soul, spirit

   말은 겨레의 얼이다. ― Mar-eun gyeore-ui eor-ida. ― Language is the soul of a nation.

Derived terms

• 얼차려 (eolcharyeo)
• 열없다 (yeoreopda)

 

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [얼]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eol
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏl
Yale Romanization?	el

Noun

얼 • (eol) (dated)

1. scratch, graze, scrape, abrasion

   얼이 가다 ― eor-i gada ― to get scratched

2. Abbreviation of 언걸 (eon'geol, “undeserved affliction”).
3. disaster, trouble, misfortune