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U+D47C, 푼
HANGUL SYLLABLE PUN
Composition: + +

[U+D47B]
Hangul Syllables
[U+D47D]




표 ←→ 풔

Korean

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Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰu(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pun
McCune–Reischauer?p'un
Yale Romanization?phūn

Etymology 1

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

Counter

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(pun)

  1. (most common modern meaning) a classifier for a small amount of money
    없다
    don-i han pundo eopda
    to not have a single penny
    갖고 소인배처럼 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 엽전 으로 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).

Numeral

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(pun)

  1. Alternative form of 분(分) (bun, one tenth, 10-1).

Etymology 2

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An orthographic borrowing from Japanese .

Noun

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(pun) (hanja )

  1. a hundredth
    Coordinate terms: 할(割) (hal, tenth), 리(厘) (ri, thousandth)
See also
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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(pun)

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