날

날 U+B0A0, 날 HANGUL SYLLABLE NAL Composition: ㄴ + ㅏ + ㄹ ← 낟 [U+B09F] Hangul Syllables 낡 → [U+B0A1]

나낙낚낛난낝낞 낟날낡낢낣낤낥 낦낧남납낪낫났 낭낮낯낰낱낲낳
끼 ←	→ 내

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 날〮 (Yale: nál), presumably from Old Korean 日尸 (*NAlh).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [날]

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

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 날의 / 날에 / 날까지

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

Noun

날 • (nal)

1. day (twenty-four hours, a thirtieth of the month)

   그는 날마다 일하러 간다.

   Geu-neun nalmada ilhareo ganda.

   He goes to work every day.

   우리 만나기로 한 날이 며칠이지?

   Uri mannagiro han nar-i myeochir-iji?

   When's the day we planned on meeting up?

2. weather (mainly with adjectives describing the weather's state)

   Synonym: (generally) 날씨 (nalssi)

   날이 안 좋다.

   Nar-i an jota.

   The weather is bad.

3. (only in idiomatic expressions) daytime

   Synonym: (generally) 낮 (nat)

Derived terms

• 그날 (geunal, “that day”)
• 나날 (nanal, “days, times”)
• 나날이 (nanari, “day after day, day by day”)
• 날마다 (nalmada, “everyday”)
• 날짜 (naljja, “date”)
• 다음날 (da'eumnal, “the next day”)
• 만날 (mannal, “always, like everyday”)
• 맨날 (maennal, “everyday”)
• 설날 (seollal, “New Year's Day”)
• 옛날 (yennal, “old days, the past”)
• 오늘날 (oneullal, “today, modern times”)
• 이날 (inal, “this day”)
• 이튿날 (iteunnal, “next day, the following day”)
• 전날 (jeonnal, “the day before, the previous day”)
• 첫날 (cheonnal, “first day”)

 

See also

• 日 (il), the hanja for "day"

Korean words for the number of days

one day	two days	three days	four days	five days	six days	seven days	eight days	nine days	ten days	fifteen days
하루 (haru)	이틀 (iteul)	사흘 (saheul)	나흘 (naheul)	닷새 (datsae)	엿새 (yeotsae)	이레 (ire)	여드레 (yeodeure)	아흐레 (aheure)	열흘 (yeolheul)	보름 (boreum)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆶ〮 (Yale: nólh). Possibly related to Old Japanese な (na, “blade”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [날]

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

Noun

날 • (nal)

1. blade, edge

   Synonym: 칼날 (kallal, “blade (of a knife, sword)”)

Derived terms

• 날카롭다 (nalkaropda, “to be sharp”)
• 면도날 (myeondonal, “razor blade”)
• 칼날 (kallal, “edge of a blade”)

 

Etymology 3

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆶ〮 (Yale: nólh).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [날]

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

Noun

날 • (nal)

1. warp, the longitudinal threads of woven cloth

   Antonym: 씨 (ssi, “woof, weft”)

Etymology 4

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆯ (Yale: nòl). Possibly related to Japanese 生 (nama, “raw”), 菜 (na, “greens as a food; side dish”) and 生る (naru, “to bear fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [날]

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

Noun

날 • (nal)

1. Only used in 날로 (nallo, “as something raw, as something uncooked”)

Prefix

날— • (nal-)

1. raw, uncooked
2. despicable

Derived terms

• 날강도 (nalgangdo, “despicable robber”)
• 날계란 (nalgyeran, “raw egg”)
• 날고기 (nalgogi, “raw meat”)
• 날도둑 (naldoduk, “despicable thief”)
• 날밤 (nalbam, “unroasted chestnut”)
• 날음식 (nareumsik, “raw food”)

 

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [날]

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

Pronoun

날 • (nal)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 나를 (nareul, “me”, first-person singular pronoun used as a direct object)

Etymology 6

See the main entries.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [날]

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

Verb

날 • (nal)

1. Future adnominal of 나다 (nada, “to exit”): which will exit
2. Future adnominal of 날다 (nalda, “to fly”): which will fly

Etymology 7

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from the Middle Korean reading 날 (Yale: nal).

Syllable

날 (nal)

Extended content
捏: (MC reading: 捏 (MC net)) 捺: (MC reading: 捺 (MC nat)) 涅: (MC reading: 涅 (MC net))

Etymology 8

Modern South Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound, which was also true of most dialects (both North and South) in 1945. From Middle Korean 랄 (Yale: lal); when preceded by another character in a compound, they retain the original 랄 (ral) form.

In the North Korean standard, they are always read as 랄 (ral), but this is an artificial imposition intended to standardize Sino-Korean readings, which did not reflect any major dialect's pronunciation in 1945.

Syllable

날 (nal)

Extended content
剌: (MC reading: 剌 (MC lat)) 喇: (MC reading: 喇) 埒: (MC reading: 埒 (MC ljwet)) 辢: (MC reading: 辢 (MC lat)) 辣: (MC reading: 辣)

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nál/

Noun

날〮 (nál) (locative 나래〮 (nàl-áy))

1. day

Descendants

• Korean: 날 (nal)