뺨

뺨	U+BEA8, 뺨 HANGUL SYLLABLE BBYAM

Composition:

ㅃ + ㅑ + ㅁ

← 뺧
[U+BEA7]

Hangul Syllables

뺩 →
[U+BEA9]

빼 ←	→ 뺴
뺘뺙뺚뺛뺜뺝뺞 뺟뺠뺡뺢뺣뺤뺥 뺦뺧뺨뺩뺪뺫뺬 뺭뺮뺯뺰뺱뺲뺳

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam). Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677. as ᄲᅣᆷ (spyam), direct origin of the standard form.Compare dialectal forms 뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon), 빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam), 뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk), etc. and Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam).[1]

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [p͈ja̠m]
Phonetic hangul: [뺨]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ppyam
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ppyam
McCune–Reischauer^?	ppyam
Yale Romanization^?	ppyam

Noun

뺨 • (ppyam)

cheek
- 2020, Olly Richards, Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners, page 9:
  정우는 줄리아의 양쪽 뺨에 뽀뽀를 했어요.
  Jeong'u-neun Jullia-ui yangjjok ppyam-e ppoppo-reul haesseoyo.
  Jung-woo kissed Julia on both cheeks.
width (as of slim things)

Synonyms

볼 (bol): cheek; width
너비 (neobi): width

Derived terms

뺨따귀 (ppyamttagwi, “(humble) cheek”)

Related terms

빨다 (ppalda, “to suck; to fellate”)
빨다 (ppalda, “to be hollow; pointed”)

References

Rei Fukui (2017-03-28) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第１集‎, 東京大学人文社会系研究科韓国朝鮮文化研究室, page 25-28

[1] Rei Fukui (2017-03-28) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第１集‎, 東京大学人文社会系研究科韓国朝鮮文化研究室, page 25-28