벼

벼 U+BCBC, 벼 HANGUL SYLLABLE BYEO Composition: ㅂ + ㅕ ← 벻 [U+BCBB] Hangul Syllables 벽 → [U+BCBD]

벼벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗
베 ←	→ 볘

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 벼〮 (Yale: pyé).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [벼]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeo
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏ
Yale Romanization?	pye

Noun

벼 • (byeo)

1. rice plant, paddy

Derived terms

as a leading element

• 벼까라기 (byeokkaragi)
• 벼농사 (—農事, byeonongsa)
• 벼때 (byeottae)
• 벼멸구 (byeomyeolgu)
• 벼베기 (byeobegi)
• 벼심기 (byeosimgi)
• 벼팔이 (byeopari)
• 벼훑이 (byeohulchi)
• 볍씨 (byeopssi)

 

with ㅅ (genitive -s-)

• 볏가리 (byeotgari)
• 볏가을 (byeotga'eul)
• 볏단 (byeotdan)
• 볏모 (byeonmo)
• 볏섬 (byeotseom)
• 볏짚 (byeotjip)

 

as a trailing element

• 늦벼 (neutbyeo)
• 메벼 (mebyeo)
• 올벼 (olbyeo)
• 찰벼 (chalbyeo)

 

proverbs

• 벼는 익을수록 고개를 숙인다 (byeoneun igeulsurok gogaereul suginda)

 

See also

• 쌀 (ssal, “rice”)
• 稻 (do), the hanja for "rice plant"