뱀

뱀 U+BC40, 뱀 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAEM Composition: ㅂ + ㅐ + ㅁ ← 밿 [U+BC3F] Hangul Syllables 뱁 → [U+BC41]

배백밲밳밴밵밶 밷밸밹밺밻밼밽 밾밿뱀뱁뱂뱃뱄 뱅뱆뱇뱈뱉뱊뱋
바 ←	→ 뱌

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞ〮얌 (Yale: pò.yám). Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ얌 (Yale: poyyam). See also the now obsolete uncontracted form 배암 (baeam).

Possibly cognate with Old Japanese 蛇 (pemi), modern Japanese 蛇 (hebi, “snake”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛ(ː)m] ~ [pe̞(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [뱀(ː)/벰(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baem
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baem
McCune–Reischauer?	paem
Yale Romanization?	pāym

Noun

뱀 • (baem)

1. snake, serpent

Alternative forms

• 배암 (baeam) (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• 구렁이 (gureong'i, “rat snake”)
• 까치살모사 (kkachisalmosa, “Gloydius saxatilis”)
• 능구렁이 (neunggureong'i, “red-banded snake”)
• 독사(毒蛇) (doksa, “viper, venomous snake”)
• 먹구렁이 (meokgureong'i, “Manchurian rat snake”)
• 무좌수 (mujwasu, “Oocatochus rufodorsatus”)
• 무자치 (mujachi, “Oocatochus rufodorsatus”)
• 북살모사 (buksalmosa, “Vipera berus”)
• 살모사(殺母蛇) (salmosa, “pit viper, Korean mamushi, solenoglyph”)
• 쇠살모사 (soesalmosa, “red-tongued pit viper”)
• 시루레기 (siruregi)
• 유혈목이 (yuhyeolmogi, “tiger keelback, red-sided watersnake”)
• 화사 (hwasa, “tiger keelback”)
• 황구렁이 (hwanggureong'i, “Korean rat snake”)
• 흑질백장 (heukjilbaekjang, “a type of black-and-white-patterned snake”)

Derived terms

• 꽃뱀 (kkotbaem, “tiger keelback”)
• 누룩뱀 (nurukbaem, “ratsnake, Elaphe dione”)
• 도마뱀 (domabaem, “lizard”)
• 도마뱀붙이 (domabaembuchi, “gecko, house lizard”)
• 떼뱀 (ttebaem, “feathered snake”)
• 물뱀 (mulbaem, “water snake”)
• 밀뱀 (milbaem, “water snake”) (North Korean)
• 바다뱀 (badabaem, “sea snake”)
• 뱀자리 (baemjari, “Serpens”) (constellation)
• 불뱀 (bulbaem, “fiery serpent”)
• 비단뱀 (bidanbaem, “python”)
• 비바리뱀 (bibaribaem, “black-headed snake”)
• 세줄무늬뱀 (sejulmunuibaem, “Elaphe coreana, Elaphe davidi”)
• 실뱀 (silbaem, “slender racer”)
• 실뱀장어 (silbaemjang'eo, “elver”)
• 줄꼬리뱀 (julkkoribaem, “beauty ratsnake”)
• 줄뱀 (julbaem)
• 풀뱀 (pulbaem, “grass snake”)