무리

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [muɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [무리]

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

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin. From Middle Korean 물 (Yale: mwul). Compare Japanese 群れ (mure, “group, crowd, throng”).

Noun

무리 • (muri)

1. group, crowd, gang, horde

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 모로 (Yale: mwolwo). Seo (2000) (徐廷範, 國語語源辭典) considered this cognate with 모레 (more, “the day after tomorrow”) (as in 내일모레 (來日—, naeilmore, “the day after tomorrow”) and the 마 (ma) in 마파람 (maparam, “south wind”). He postulated that all of the above were forms in which the ancient word for "sun" (*mol) was preserved.

Noun

무리 • (muri)

1. halo, ring

Synonyms

• 고리 (gori, “ring, circle”)

Derived terms

• 햇무리 (haenmuri, “halo around the sun”)
• 달무리 (dalmuri, “halo around the moon”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 無理, from 無 (“lack”) + 理 (“reason”)

Noun

무리 • (muri) (hanja 無理)

1. absurdity, irrationality, unreasonableness

Derived terms

• 무리하다 (無理—, murihada, “absurd”)