물

물 U+BB3C, 물 HANGUL SYLLABLE MUL Composition: ㅁ + ㅜ + ㄹ ← 묻 [U+BB3B] Hangul Syllables 묽 → [U+BB3D]

무묵묶묷문묹묺 묻물묽묾묿뭀뭁 뭂뭃뭄뭅뭆뭇뭈 뭉뭊뭋뭌뭍뭎뭏
묘 ←	→ 뭐

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 물 (mul, “water”), possible cognate with Proto-Tungusic *mū, Jurchen 木克 (mu-ke /⁠muke⁠/), Manchu ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke), Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river; water”), Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽mul⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [muɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mul
Yale Romanization?	mul

Noun

물 (mul)

1. water

References

• “물” in Andrew Cheng; K. David Harrison, Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, 2014.
• “물” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Alternative forms

• 믈 (meul) — Early Modern

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 믈〮 (Yale: múl), from Old Korean 勿 (*mul), an element that apparently means “water” in ancient first-millennium place names in southern Korea. Ancient northern Korean toponyms tend to use Goguryeo 買 (*me) for “water”, which now only survives in certain words such as 미나리 (minari).

Possible cognate with Proto-Tungusic *mū, Jurchen 木克 (mu-ke /⁠muke⁠/), Manchu ᠮᡠᡴᡝ (muke), Mongolian мөрөн (mörön, “river”), Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio:

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• Phonetic hangul: [물]

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

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 물의 / 물에 / 물까지

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

Noun

물 • (mul)

1. water

   이 꽃은 왜 시들고 있니? 얼마나 자주 물을 주었지?

   i kkoch-eun wae sideulgo inni? - eolmana jaju mur-eul jueotji?

   Why is this flower withering? - How often did you give water to it?

2. (after another noun, often negative) influence; taint (with verbs 들다 (deulda) or 먹다 (meokda))

   뉴욕 갔다 오니 미국 물이 다 들었네.

   Nyuyok gatda oni Miguk mur-i da deureonne.

   After coming back from New York, you've become so Americanized [in a bad way].

   (literally, “After coming back from New York, all the American water has entered you.”)

Derived terms

• 눈물 (nunmul)
• 물가 (mulga)
• 물개 (mulgae)
• 물결 (mulgyeol)
• 물고기 (mulgogi)
• 물살 (mulsal)
• 물티슈 (multisyu)
• 물휴지 (mulhyuji)
• 민물 (minmul)
• 바닷물 (badanmul)
• 얼음물 (eoreummul)
• 콧물 (konmul)

Prefix

물— • (mul-)

1. aquatic

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

물 • (mul)

More information

1. 勿:

   (MC reading: 勿 (MC mjut))

2. 物:

   (MC reading: 物 (MC mjut))

3. 沕:

   (MC reading: 沕 (MC mit|mjut))