메

메 U+BA54, 메 HANGUL SYLLABLE ME Composition: ㅁ + ㅔ ← 멓 [U+BA53] Hangul Syllables 멕 → [U+BA55]

메멕멖멗멘멙멚 멛멜멝멞멟멠멡 멢멣멤멥멦멧멨 멩멪멫멬멭멮멯
머 ←	→ 며

Korean

Etymology 1

Delabialized from 뫼 (moe, “mountain”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [me̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [메]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	me
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	me
McCune–Reischauer?	me
Yale Romanization?	mey

Noun

메 • (me)

1. (obsolete) mountain; hill

   Synonym: (modern) 산(山) (san)

2. bindweed

   Synonym: 메꽃 (mekkot)

Prefix

메— • (me-)

1. of the mountains; thus "wild"

Derived terms

• 멧닭 (metdak, “black grouse”)
• 멧돼지 (metdwaeji, “wild boar”)
• 멧비둘기 (metbidulgi, “oriental turtle dove”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean 뫼 (Yale: mwoy). Compare Middle Chinese 米 (MC mejX) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Noun

메 • (me)

1. a sacrificial offering of cooked rice
2. cooked rice
3. (speech of the royal court) rice

Alternative forms

• 뫼 (moe) (obsolete)