목

목 U+BAA9, 목 HANGUL SYLLABLE MOG Composition: ㅁ + ㅗ + ㄱ ← 모 [U+BAA8] Hangul Syllables 몪 → [U+BAAA]

모목몪몫몬몭몮 몯몰몱몲몳몴몵 몶몷몸몹몺못몼 몽몾몿뫀뫁뫂뫃
몌 ←	→ 뫄

Korean

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mog
McCune–Reischauer?	mok
Yale Romanization?	mok

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 목의 / 목에 / 목까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

목 • (mok)

1. (anatomy) neck
2. head (especially when severed from the body)
3. throat; gullet

   목이 말라요. ― Mogi mallayo. ― I am thirsty.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 목숨 (moksum)
• 목젖 (mokjeot)
• 목청 (mokcheong)
• 골목 (golmok)
• 길목 (gilmok)
• 발목 (balmok)
• 손목 (sonmok)
• 목구멍 (mokgumeong)
• 목덜미 (mokdeolmi, “nape”)
• 목매다 (mongmaeda, “to hang one's neck”)
• 목메다 (mongmeda, “to be stifled”)
• 목베다 (mokbeda, “to cut a throat”)
• 목소리 (moksori)
• 목쉬다 (mokswida, “to have a hoarse throat”)
• 목마르다 (mongmareuda)

See also

• 頸 (gyeong), the hanja for neck

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 目 (“eye”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mog
McCune–Reischauer?	mok
Yale Romanization?	mok

Noun

목 • (mok) (hanja 目)

1. item
2. (taxonomy) class

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 目 for Sino-Korean compounds of 목 (目, mok).

Related terms

• (Taxonomy) 생물 분류 (生物分類, saengmul bullyu); 역 (域, yeok, “domain”), 계 (界, gye, “kingdom”), 문 (門, mun, “phylum”), 강 (綱, gang, “class”), 목 (目, mok, “order”), 과 (科, gwa, “family”), 속 (屬, sok, “genus”), 종 (種, jong, “species”) ^{(Category: ko:Taxonomy)}

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 木 (“tree”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mog
McCune–Reischauer?	mok
Yale Romanization?	mok

Noun

목 • (mok) (hanja 木)

1. Short for 목요일(木曜日) (mogyoil, “Thursday”).

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 木 for Sino-Korean compounds of 목 (木, mok).

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mòk/, [mòk̚]

Noun

목 (mwòk) (locative 모ᄀᆡ〮 (mwòk-óy))

1. neck

Descendants

• Korean: 목 (mok)