입

입 U+C785, 입 HANGUL SYLLABLE IB Composition: ㅇ + ㅣ + ㅂ ← 임 [U+C784] Hangul Syllables 잆 → [U+C786]

이익읶읷인읹읺 읻일읽읾읿잀잁 잂잃임입잆잇있 잉잊잋잌잍잎잏
의 ←	→ 자

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 邑 (Yale: *ip).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ip̚]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [입]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ib
McCune–Reischauer?	ip
Yale Romanization?	ip

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 입의 / 입에 / 입까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

입 • (ip)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. lips
3. (figurative, metonymically) a man's word
4. (figurative, metonymically) the number of people who eat food

Synonyms

• 구 (口, gu): mouth, entrance
• (vulgar) 아가리 (agari): wide mouth (of bowls, etc.; vulgar for men)
• (vulgar) 주둥이 (judung'i): narrow mouth (of bottles, animals, etc.; vulgar for men)

Derived terms

• 입가 (ipga, “lips”)
• 입거웃 (ipgeout, “moustache”)
• 입속 (ipsok, “oral cavity”)
• 입술 (ipsul, “lip”)
• 입시울 (ipsiul, “(obsolete) lip”)
• 입언저리 (ibeonjeori, “lips”)
• 입천장 (ipcheonjang, “palate”)

 

See also

(noun):

• 목구멍 (mokgumeong, “throat”)
• 목젖 (mokjeot, “uvula”)
• 볼 (bol, “cheek”)
• 뺨 (ppyam, “cheek”)
• 이 (i, “tooth”)
• 잇몸 (inmom, “gum”)
• 턱 (teok, “chin; jaw”)
• 혀 (hyeo, “tongue”)

 

(verb):

• 마시다 (masida, “to drink; to inhale”)
• 말하다 (malhada, “to say”)
• 맛보다 (matboda, “to taste”)
• 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)
• 물다 (mulda, “to bite”)
• 뱉다 (baetda, “to spit”)
• 불다 (bulda, “to blow”)
• 빨다 (ppalda, “to suck”)
• 삼키다 (samkida, “to swallow”)
• 숨쉬다 (sumswida, “to breathe”)
• 씹다 (ssipda, “to chew”)
• 침흘리다 (chimheullida, “to salivate”)
• 핥다 (halda, “to lick”)

 

(other terms):

• 구무 (gumu, “(obsolete) hole, cavity”)
• 말 (mal, “language”)
• 맛 (mat, “taste”)
• 숨 (sum, “breath”)
• 잎 (ip, “leaf”)
• 침 (chim, “saliva”)

 

Counter

입 • (ip)

1. a unit that counts the amount of food that can be eaten at a time.

   한 입만 ― han imman ― Just one bite (please)

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

입 (ip)

1. 入:

   (MC reading: 入 (MC nyip))

2. 廿:

   (MC reading: 廿 (MC nyip))

3. 卄: Alternative form of 廿

   (MC reading: 卄)

Etymology 3

South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 립 (rip).

Syllable

입 (ip)

1. (South Korea) 立:

   (MC reading: 立 (MC lip))

2. (South Korea) 笠:

   (MC reading: 笠 (MC lip))

3. (South Korea) 粒:

   (MC reading: 粒 (MC lip))

4. (South Korea) 砬:

   (MC reading: 砬 (MC lip))

5. (South Korea) 岦:

   (MC reading: 岦 (MC lip))

6. (South Korea) 苙:

   (MC reading: 苙 (MC lip))

7. (South Korea) 雴:

   (MC reading: 雴 (MC trhip))

8. (South Korea) 鴗:

   (MC reading: 鴗 (MC lip))

9. (South Korea) 湁:

   (MC reading: 湁 (MC trhip))

10. (South Korea) 䶘:

    (MC reading: 䶘 (MC lip))

Usage notes

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 립 (rip) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 립 (rip) to 입 (ip) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

Alternative forms

• 립 (rip) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [2]