낮

낮 U+B0AE, 낮 HANGUL SYLLABLE NAJ Composition: ㄴ + ㅏ + ㅈ ← 낭 [U+B0AD] Hangul Syllables 낯 → [U+B0AF]

나낙낚낛난낝낞 낟날낡낢낣낤낥 낦낧남납낪낫났 낭낮낯낰낱낲낳
끼 ←	→ 내

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 낮〮 (Yale: nác). Related to 날 (nal, “day, time”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [낟]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	naj
McCune–Reischauer?	nat
Yale Romanization?	nac

Noun

낮 • (nat)

1. daytime

   Antonym: 밤 (bam, “night”)

2. noon

   낮 열두 시에 ― nat yeoldu sie ― at twelve p.m.

Derived terms

• 낮거리 (natgeori)
• 낮달 (natdal)
• 낮더위 (natdeowi)
• 낮도깨비 (natdokkaebi)
• 낮때 (natttae)
• 낮술 (natsul)
• 낮의 (najui)
• 낮일 (najil)
• 낮잠 (natjam)
• 낮차 (natcha)
• 낮참 (natcham)
• 대낮 (daenat)
• 밤낮 (bamnat)
• 하룻낮 (harunnat)
• 한낮 (hannat)

 

See also

• 晝 (ju), the hanja for daytime
• 午 (o), the hanja for noon

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nát͡s/, [nás̚]

Noun

낮〮 (nác) (isolated 낫〮 (nás), locative 나ᄌᆡ〮 (nàc-óy), alternative locative 나재〮 (nàc-áy))

1. daytime
2. noon

Descendants

• Korean: 낮 (nat)