립

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾip̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [립]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	rip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	lib
McCune–Reischauer?	rip
Yale Romanization?	lip

Etymology 1

리릭릮릯린릱릲 릳릴릵릶릷릸릹 릺릻림립릾릿맀 링맂맃맄맅맆맇
릐 ←	→ 마

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 립 • (rip)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄹ, ㅣ, and ㅂ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 立 First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 립 (Yale: lip).

1103 (deprecated template usage) 《계림유사》

立曰立

lipwallip

Noun

립 • (rip) (hanja 立)

1. (North Korea, Yanbian) used in compounds with the meaning "to stand, to make erect, to establish"

Alternative forms

• 입 (立, ip) (South Korea)

Derived terms

• (see entry at 입 (立, ip))

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

립 (rip)

1. 立:

   (MC reading: 立 (MC lip))

2. 笠:

   (MC reading: 笠 (MC lip))

3. 粒:

   (MC reading: 粒 (MC lip))

4. 砬:

   (MC reading: 砬 (MC lip))

5. 岦:

   (MC reading: 岦 (MC lip))

6. 苙:

   (MC reading: 苙 (MC lip))

7. 雴:

   (MC reading: 雴 (MC trhip))

8. 鴗:

   (MC reading: 鴗 (MC lip))

9. 湁:

   (MC reading: 湁 (MC trhip))

10. 䶘:

    (MC reading: 䶘 (MC lip))

Alternative forms

• 입 (ip) (South Korea)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 입 (ip) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 립 (rip) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]