하늘
KoreanEdit
EtymologyEdit
First attested in the Jilin Leishi (雞林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Early Middle Korean 漢㮈 (reconstructed *hanól).[1] In the Korean alphabet: First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 하ᄂᆞᆶ (Yale: hanolh).
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
하늘 • (haneul)
- sky
- (chiefly Confucianism) heaven
- 하늘이 무섭지 않는가?
- Haneuri museopji anneun-ga?
- Do you not fear heaven?
- (Christianity) heavenly god
- (obsolete) palate
- Synonym: 입천장 (ipcheonjang)
SynonymsEdit
- 천 (天, cheon, “sky, heaven”)
- 천공 (天空, cheon-gong, “sky”)
- 천궁 (天穹, cheon-gung, “(literally) sky dome”)
- 공 (空, gong, “(mainly) void”)
- 궁 (穹, gung, “dome”)
AntonymsEdit
- 땅 (ttang, “earth”)
Derived termsEdit
- 하늘나라 (haneullara, “Heaven, paradise”)
- 하늘빛 (haneulbit, “sky blue”)
- 하느님 (haneunim, “(secular) heavenly god”)
See alsoEdit
- 하나 (hana, “one”)
- 하나님 (hananim, “(Christian) heavenly god”)
- 한울님 (hanullim, “(Cheondogyo) heavenly god”)
- 구무 (gumu, “(obsolete) hole, cavity”)