푼

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰu(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [푼(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 분 (分, bun, “division”). First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 푼〯 (Yale: phwǔn).

푼 • (pun)

1. (most common modern meaning) a classifier for a small amount of money

   돈이 한 푼도 없다

   don-i han pundo eopda

   to not have a single penny

   돈 몇 푼 갖고 소인배처럼 왜 그러냐?

   don myeot pun gatgo soinbaecheoreom wae geureonya?

   Why are you behaving like a narrow-minded person because of a few pennies' worth of money?

2. (historical) a classifier for cash coins

   조선시대 때 엽전 세 푼으로 뭘 살 수 있었어?

   joseonsidae ttae yeopjeon se pun-euro mwol sal su isseosseo?

   How much could you buy with three cash coins in the Joseon dynasty?

3. a candareen (unit of weight equivalent to 378 miligrams)
4. alternative form of 분(分) (bun, “bun, unit of length”)

푼 • (pun)

1. alternative form of 분(分) (bun, “one tenth, 10^-1”)

An orthographic borrowing from Japanese 分.

푼 • (pun) (hanja 分)

1. a hundredth

   Coordinate terms: 할(割) (hal, “tenth”), 리(厘) (ri, “thousandth”)

• 할푼리 (割分厘, halpulli)

푼 • (pun)

1. past determiner of 푸다 (puda)
2. past determiner of 풀다 (pulda)