머리

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA: mʌɾi

Etymology

Found in early records as 마리 (mari). Believed to arise from the root 맏 (mat), which is fossilized in constructions such as 맏아들 (madadeul, "eldest son").

Noun

머리 (meo.ri)

1. head.
2. intelligence.
3. hair.
4. the leader of a group.
5. the radical at the top of a Chinese character.
6. the top or front of an object.

See also

• 두발 (dubal)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror), "머리 ", 표준국어대사전. URL accessed on 2006-12-31.
• 2000, Seo Jeong-beom (서정범), “머리”, in 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books, page 246: