U+BD88, 불
HANGUL SYLLABLE BUL
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[U+BD87]
Hangul Syllables
[U+BD89]




뵤 ←→ 붜

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean .

Possibly cognate with Old Japanese (pi2) (< Proto-Japonic *poy), as well as compounding form (po) and eastern Old Japanese (pu). Compare Middle Korean 븕다〮 (Yale: pùlk-tá, “to be red”, whence modern 붉다 (bukda)), which is believed to be derived from the word at some earlier stage of the language (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 180).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 블〮 (Yale: púl).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

(bul)

  1. (also figuratively) fire; flame
  2. fire (as a disaster)
    Synonym: 화재(火災) (hwajae)
  3. (electric) light
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Prefix edit

불— (bul-)

  1. severe; intense
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

First attested in the Jeongsok eonhae (正俗諺解 / 정속언해 (of 李源周敎授本 / 이원주 교수본)), 1518, as Middle Korean  (Yale: pwul).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

(bul) (colloquial, uncommon or fossilized)

  1. genitalia
  2. testicle
    Synonyms: 불알 (bural), (non-colloquial) 고환(睾丸) (gohwan)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

(Bul) (hanja )

  1. Short for 불란서(佛蘭西) (Bullanseo, France).
    · 관계Han·bul gwan'gyeFrance-South Korea relations
Usage notes edit
  • In news headlines, this is customarily written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean texts otherwise devoid of Chinese characters.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Sino-Korean word from . Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $.

Pronunciation edit

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

Counter edit

(bul) (hanja )

  1. dollar (of various countries)
    Synonym: 달러 (dalleo)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 5 edit

Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation edit

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

Prefix edit

불— (bul-) (hanja )

  1. not; non-, un-, in-
    불(不) (bul) + ‎가능(可能) (ganeung, possibility) → ‎불가능(不可能) (bulganeung, impossibility)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable edit

(bul)

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  1. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut))
  2. :
    (MC reading: (MC bjut))
  3. :
    (MC reading: (MC phjut))
  4. 彿:
    (MC reading: 彿 (MC phjut))
  5. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut))
  6. :
    (MC reading: )
  7. :
    (MC reading: (MC phjut))
  8. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut))
  9. :
    (MC reading: (MC phjut))
  10. :
    (MC reading: (MC phjut))
  11. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut))
  12. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut|phjut))
  13. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut))
  14. :
    (MC reading: (MC pjut))
  15. :
    (MC reading: (MC bjut|phjut))
  16. :
    (MC reading: (MC bjut))