별

Korean

Noun

별 (byeor, byeol)

1. star
   • 하늘에 별따기 (haneur-e byeol-ttagi) (figurative, literally meaning "picking a star in the sky") impossibility

Synonyms

• 성 (星, seong)

Derived terms

• 별나라 (-nara) stellar world
• 별따기 (-ttagi) impossibility
• 별똥 (-ttong) meteorite
• 별무늬 (-munui) starry pattern or design
• 별박이 (-bagi) horse with a white spot on the head
• 별빛 (-bich, -bit) starlight
• 별자리 (-jari) constellation
• 별표 (-pyo) asterisk
• 떠돌이별 (tteodorI-) planet
• 별똥별 (byeolTtong-) shooting star, meteor
• 붙박이별 (butbagI-) fixed star
• 샛별 (saesbyeol) morning star, Phosphorus

Related terms

• 반짝이다 (banjjagIda) To twinkle

See also

• 하늘 (haneur, -l) sky, heaven
• 땅 (ttang) earth
• 해 (hae) sun
• 달 (dar, -l) moon
• 빛 (bich, bit) light