옥편

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 玉篇.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞k̚pʰjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [옥편]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Okpyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Ogpyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	Okp'yŏn
Yale Romanization?	okphyen

Proper noun

옥편 • (Okpyeon) (hanja 玉篇)

1. Yupian

Noun

옥편 • (okpyeon) (hanja 玉篇)

1. Chinese character dictionary

   Synonym: 자전(字典) (jajeon)

2. (dated, by extension) dictionary (of any language)

   Synonym: 사전(辭典) (sajeon)

   • 1908, 구연학／具然學 [Gu Yeonhak], chapter 6, in 雪(설)中(즁)梅(ᄆᆡ) [Plum Blossoms in the Snow]:

     ᄯᅡ이아몬드ᄂᆞᆫ 영어 옥편 일흠이라 ᄒᆞ며

     Ttaiamondeu-neun yeong'eo okpyeon ilheum-i-ra hamyeo

     [He] says "Diamond" is a name of an English dictionary.

   • 1956 August 17, “萬(만)物(물)相(상) [The Shape of All Things]”, in The Chosun Ilbo:

     「카아니발」이라는말을 玉(옥)篇(편)에서찾아보면 「肉(육)體(체)여 안녕」이라는 뜻의 「라틴」語(어)에서 온것이라고 적혀있다。

     "kaanibal"-i-raneun mar-eul okpyeon-eseo chajabomyeon "yukche-yeo annyeong"-i-raneun tteus-ui "ratin"eo-eseo on geos-i-rago jeokhyeo itda.

     If you look up the word "carnival" on the dictionary, it states that it comes from a Latin phrase meaning, "farewell, body and flesh!"