북
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| 부북붂붃분붅붆 붇불붉붊붋붌붍 붎붏붐붑붒붓붔 붕붖붗붘붙붚붛 | |
| 뵤 ← | → 붜 |
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Jeju
Etymology
Cognate with Korean 북 (buk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puk̚/
Noun
북 (buk)
- a generic term meaning drum
- a traditional Korean double-headed barrel-shaped drum, played with one hand and one stick, and used in Korean folk music
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puk̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [북]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | buk |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bug |
| McCune–Reischauer? | puk |
| Yale Romanization? | puk |
Etymology 1
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 붚〮 (Yale: pwúph), likely cognate with 부풀다 (bupulda, “to fluff, popple, bubble, bulge”).
Noun
북 • (buk)
- a generic term meaning drum
- a traditional Korean double-headed barrel-shaped drum, played with one hand and one stick, and used in Korean folk music
Etymology 2
First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 북 (Yale: pwùk).
Noun
북 • (buk)
- a shuttle (used in weaving and sewing machines)
Etymology 3
Uncertain. Perhaps cognate with the above Etymology 1 and 2 in the sense of bulge.
Noun
북 • (buk)
- soil heap (around roots)
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 北.
Noun
북 • (buk) (hanja 北)
- north
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
| 서북(西北) (seobuk) 북서(北西) (bukseo) | 북(北) (buk) | 동북(東北) (dongbuk) 북동(北東) (bukdong) |
| 서(西) (seo) |  | 동(東) (dong) |
| 서남(西南) (seonam) 남서(南西) (namseo) | 남(南) (nam) | 동남(東南) (dongnam) 남동(南東) (namdong) |
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 北 for Sino-Korean compounds of 북 (北, buk).
Proper noun
북 • (Buk) (hanja 北)
- Short for 북한(北韓) (Bukhan, “(South Korea) North Korea”).
Usage notes
- In news headlines, this is customarily written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean texts otherwise devoid of Chinese characters.