메

Character	메
Hangul Syllables	U+BA54
Composition	ㅁ + ㅔ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	a-p

Korean

Etymology 1

메 멕 멖 멗 멘 멙 멚 멛 멜 멝 멞 멟 멠 멡 멢 멣 멤 멥 멦 멧 멨 멩 멪 멫 멬 멭 멮 멯
머 ←	며 →

Syllable

메 (transliterations: Revised me, McCune–Reischauer ', Yale mey)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅁ and ㅔ.

Etymology 2

From 뫼, possibly the same root as 마루 and 마당. First recorded in the Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye in 1446, as "묗."

Pronunciation

• phonetic hangul: 메
• IPA: me

Noun

메 (me)

1. mountain, hill.
2. field, meadow (assumed from 뫼).
3. bindweed, also called 메꽃.

Prefix

메

1. Of the mountains; thus "wild."

Derived terms

• 멧돼지, wild boar
• 멧닭, black grouse.

Alternative forms

• 멧

Etymology 3

First recorded in the Sohak Eonhae, 1588, as "뫼."

Noun

메 (me)

1. A sacrificial offering of cooked rice.
2. Cooked rice.

Alternative forms

• 뫼

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror). "메 ". 표준국어대사전. URL accessed on 2006-12-30.
• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror). "메 ". 표준국어대사전. URL accessed on 2006-12-30.
• 2000, Seo Jeong-beom (서정범), “뫼”, in 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books, page 262-263: