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U+D759, 흙
HANGUL SYLLABLE HEULG
Composition: + +

[U+D758]
Hangul Syllables
[U+D75A]




휴 ←→ 희

Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 轄希 (Yale: *holki).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᆰ (Yale: hòlk).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heulg
McCune–Reischauer?hŭk
Yale Romanization?hulk
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 에 / 흙

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

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(heuk)

  1. earth, soil, dirt, ground
    , 달걀 껍데기 넣어 두는 한가지 쉬운 방법이지.
    Eum, dalgyal kkeopdegi-reul heulg-e neo'eo duneun geos-i han'gaji swiun bangbeob-iji.
    Well, putting an egg shell in the soil is one easy way.

Derived terms

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See also

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  • (to), the hanja for "soil"
  • (ttang, “earth”)
  • 흐리다 (heurida, “to be muddy; cloudy”)