먹

먹 U+BA39, 먹 HANGUL SYLLABLE MEOG Composition: ㅁ + ㅓ + ㄱ ← 머 [U+BA38] Hangul Syllables 먺 → [U+BA3A]

머먹먺먻먼먽먾 먿멀멁멂멃멄멅 멆멇멈멉멊멋멌 멍멎멏멐멑멒멓
먜 ←	→ 메

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 먹 (Yale: mek).

From Old Chinese 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “inkstick”), an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 76). The Sino-Korean reading is 묵 (墨, muk).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [먹]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meog
McCune–Reischauer?	mŏk
Yale Romanization?	mek

Noun

먹 • (meok)

1. inkstick
2. (before certain nouns) pitch-black

Derived terms

• 먹가오리 (meokgaori)
• 먹갈치 (meokgalchi)
• 먹구름 (meokgureum)
• 먹물 (meongmul)
• 먹붕장어 (meokbungjang'eo)
• 먹수건 (meoksugeon)