함

Character	함
Hangul Syllables	U+D568
Composition	ㅎ + ㅏ + ㅁ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	g-k-a

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA: ham
• Phonetic hangul: 함

Romanization

Revised	ham	transliteration	ham
McCune–Reischauer	ham	Yale	ham

Etymology 1

함 합 핪 핫 핬 항 핮 핯 핰 핱 핲 핳 해 핵 핶 핷 핸 핹 핺 핻 핼 핽 핾 핿 햀 햁 햂 햃
핌 ←	햄 →

Syllable

함 (transliterations: Revised ham, McCune–Reischauer , Yale ham)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅎ, ㅏ, and ㅁ.

Etymology 2

Form of 하다 (hada).

Noun

함 (ham)

1. Substantive form of 하다 (hada, “to be a certain way”); thus, "being."
2. Substantive form of 하다 (hada, “to do”); thus, "doing."

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

함 (ham)

1. 咸: all

   (eumhun reading: 다 함)

2. 含: mouthing

   (eumhun reading: 머금을 함)

3. 艦: warship

   (eumhun reading: 싸움배 함)

4. 函: box

   (eumhun reading: 함 함)

5. 陷: plunging

   (eumhun reading: 빠질 함)

6. 喊: sound

   (eumhun reading: 소리 함)

7. 啣: bit

   (eumhun reading: 재갈 함)

8. 涵: wet

   (eumhun reading: 젖을 함)

9. 緘: sealing

   (eumhun reading: 봉할 함)

10. 檻: we

    (eumhun reading: 우리 함)

11. 銜: bit

    (eumhun reading: 재갈 함)

12. 鹹: salty

    (eumhun reading: 짤 함)