풀

풀 U+D480, 풀 HANGUL SYLLABLE PUL Composition: ㅍ + ㅜ + ㄹ ← 푿 [U+D47F] Hangul Syllables 풁 → [U+D481]

푸푹푺푻푼푽푾 푿풀풁풂풃풄풅 풆풇품풉풊풋풌 풍풎풏풐풑풒풓
표 ←	→ 풔

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [풀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pul
McCune–Reischauer?	p'ul
Yale Romanization?	phul

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 플〮 (Yale: phúl).

Alternative forms

• 플 (peul) (Early Modern)

Noun

풀 • (pul)

1. herbaceous plants, particularly grass

   Coordinate term: 나무 (namu, “tree, woody plant”)

   밭에 풀이 무성하다.

   bat-e pur-i museonghada.

   The grass is thick in the field.

   스님들은 풀만 드신다.

   seunim-deur-eun pul-man deusinda.

   Buddhist monks only eat vegetables.

   • 1642, 尹善道 (Yun Seon-do), “五友歌 (Ou-ga)”, in 山中新曲 (Sanjung Sin'gok)‎^[1]:

     나모도 아닌 거시 플도 아닌 거시

     namo-do anin geo-si peul-do anin geosi

     [the bamboo:] that which is not tree, that which is not grass.

Derived terms

• 강아지풀 (gang'ajipul, “wild foxtail millet”)
• 겨풀 (gyeopul, “rice cutgrass”)
• 달뿌리풀 (dalppuripul)
• 된장풀 (doenjangpul)
• 뚝새풀 (ttuksaepul, “shortawn foxtail”)
• 방울새풀 (bang'ulsaepul, “lesser quaking grass”)
• 실새풀 (silsaepul)
• 장군풀 (janggunpul)
• 줄풀 (julpul, “Manchurian wild rice”)
• 푸나무 (punamu)
• 풀밭 (pulbat, “meadow; lawn”)
• 풀잎 (purip, “blade of grass”)

 

Related terms

• 푸르다 (pureuda, “to be green; to be blue”)

See also

• 잔디 (jandi, “lawn grass”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 플 (Yale: phul).

Noun

풀 • (pul)

1. glue

Etymology 3

From English pool.

Noun

풀 • (pul)

1. pool

See also

• 수영장 (水泳場, suyeongjang, “swimming baths, swimming pool”)

Etymology 4

Verb

풀 • (pul)

1. future determiner of 푸다 (puda)
2. future determiner of 풀다 (pulda)