불
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| 부북붂붃분붅붆 붇불붉붊붋붌붍 붎붏붐붑붒붓붔 붕붖붗붘붙붚붛 | |
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Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 孛.
Possibly cognate with Old Japanese 火 (pi2) (< Proto-Japonic *poy), as well as compounding form 火 (po) and eastern Old Japanese 火 (pu). Compare Middle Korean 븕다〮 (Yale: pùlk-tá, “to be red”, whence modern 붉다 (bukda)), which is believed to be derived from the word at some earlier stage of the language (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 180). Displaced Sino-Korean 火 (“fire”), which was reworked to mean "rage" (화 (hwa)).
In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 블〮 (Yale: púl).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [불]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pul |
| Yale Romanization? | pul |
Noun
불 • (bul)
Derived terms
- 곁불 (gyeotbul)
- 난롯불 (nallotbul)
- 노란불 (noranbul)
- 담뱃불 (dambaetbul)
- 도깨비불 (dokkaebibul)
- 들불 (deulbul)
- 등댓불 (deungdaetbul)
- 등불 (deungbul)
- 등잔불 (deungjanbul)
- 모닥불 (modakbul)
- 반딧불 (banditbul)
- 번갯불 (beon'gaetbul)
- 벼락불 (byeorakbul)
- 부삽 (busap)
- 부손 (buson)
- 부싯불 (busitbul)
- 부저 (bujeo)
- 부젓가락 (bujeotgarak)
- 부집게 (bujipge)
- 불가마 (bulgama)
- 불같다 (bulgatda)
- 불고기 (bulgogi)
- 불구경 (bulgugyeong)
- 불구덩 (bulgudeong)
- 불구덩이 (bulgudeong'i)
- 불기둥 (bulgidung)
- 불기운 (bulgiun)
- 불길 (bulgil)
- 불김 (bulgim)
- 불꼬리 (bulkkori)
- 불꽃 (bulkkot)
- 불나다 (bullada)
- 불나무 (bullamu)
- 불난리 (bullalli)
- 불놀이 (bullori)
- 불단속 (buldansok)
- 불닭 (buldak)
- 불더미 (buldeomi)
- 불덩이 (buldeong'i)
- 불똥 (bulttong)
- 불바다 (bulbada)
- 불바람 (bulbaram)
- 불벌레 (bulbeolle)
- 불벼락 (bulbyeorak)
- 불붙다 (bulbutda)
- 불빛 (bulbit)
- 불사르다 (bulsareuda)
- 불세례 (bulserye)
- 불속 (bulsok)
- 불쏘시개 (bulssosigae)
- 불씨 (bulssi)
- 불장난 (buljangnan)
- 불지르다 (buljireuda)
- 불질 (buljil)
- 불집게 (buljipge)
- 불침 (bulchim)
- 불타다 (bultada)
- 불티 (bulti)
- 불판 (bulpan)
- 불현듯 (bulhyeondeut)
- 불화살 (bulhwasal)
- 빨간불 (ppalganbul)
- 산불 (sanbul)
- 숯불 (sutbul)
- 잉걸불 (inggeolbul)
- 잔불 (janbul)
- 장작불 (jangjakbul)
- 전깃불 (jeon'gitbul)
- 전등불 (jeondeungbul)
- 쥐불 (jwibul)
- 초록불 (chorokbul)
- 초롱불 (chorongbul)
- 촛불 (chotbul)
- 큰불 (keunbul)
- 파란불 (paranbul)
- 화롯불 (hwarotbul)
- 횃불 (hwaetbul)
Related terms
Prefix
불— • (bul-)
Derived terms
- 불가물 (bulgamul)
- 불깍쟁이 (bulkkakjaeng'i)
- 불더위 (buldeowi)
- 불망나니 (bulmangnani)
- 불볕 (bulbyeot)
- 불상놈 (bulsangnom)
- 불호령 (bulhoryeong)
Etymology 2
First attested in the Jeongsok eonhae (正俗諺解 / 정속언해 (of 李源周敎授本 / 이원주 교수본)), 1518, as Middle Korean 불 (Yale: pwul).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [불]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pul |
| Yale Romanization? | pul |
Noun
불 • (bul) (colloquial, uncommon or fossilized)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 佛.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [불]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pul |
| Yale Romanization? | pul |
Proper noun
불 • (Bul) (hanja 佛)
Usage notes
- In news headlines, this is customarily written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean texts otherwise devoid of Chinese characters.
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 佛 for Sino-Korean compounds of (佛, bul).
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 弗. Repurposed for its visual similarity to the dollar symbol $.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [불]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pul |
| Yale Romanization? | pul |
Counter
불 • (bul) (hanja 弗)
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 弗 for Sino-Korean compounds of (弗, bul).
Etymology 5
Sino-Korean word from 不.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [불]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | bul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | pul |
| Yale Romanization? | pul |
Prefix
불— • (bul-) (hanja 不)
- not; non-, un-, in-
- 불(不) (bul) + 가능(可能) (ganeung, “possibility”) → 불가능(不可能) (bulganeung, “impossibility”)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 不 for Sino-Korean compounds of (不, bul).
Etymology 6
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
불 • (bul)