U+BFD0, 뿐
HANGUL SYLLABLE BBUN
Composition: + +

[U+BFCF]
Hangul Syllables
[U+BFD1]
뿌뿍뿎뿏뿑뿒
뿕뿖뿗뿘뿙
뿚뿛뿜뿝뿞뿟뿠
뿡뿢뿣뿤뿥뿦뿧
뾰 ←→ 뿨
See also: -뿐

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄲᅮᆫ (Yale: spwun), from -ㅅ (Yale: -s, genitive marker) + Sino-Korean 분〯(分) (Yale: pwǔn, “part, portion”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [p͈un]
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  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppun
McCune–Reischauer?ppun
Yale Romanization?ppun

Dependent noun

• (ppun)

  1. only, just; used with -을, the "verbal irrealis adnominal suffix".
  2. Used in -다 뿐이지 (-da ppuniji).

Usage notes

  • When (ppun) is used after a verb with -을 (-eul) or in the -다 뿐이지 (-da ppuniji) construction, it is spaced.
  • When (ppun) is used after a noun or nominal, it is not spaced but directly appended to the noun; the entry for it is at -뿐 (-ppun).