무릎

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 무뤂 (Yale: mwulwuph).

Also attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 무룹 (Yale: mwulwup).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [muɾɯp̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [무릅]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mureup
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	muleup
McCune–Reischauer?	murŭp
Yale Romanization?	muluph

Noun

무릎 • (mureup)

1. knee

   무릎까지 내려오는 스커트

   mureupkkaji naeryeooneun seukeoteu

   a skirt of knee length

   최근에, 그녀는 무릎을 다쳤습니다.

   choegeune, geunyeoneun mureupeul dacheotseumnida.

   Recently, she hurt her knees.

2. lap

Derived terms

• 무릎 꿇다 (mureup kkulta, “to bend the knees; to kneel down; to surrender”)
• 무릎 맞대다 (mureup matdaeda, “to make friends (literally, knee to knee)”)
• 무릎 치다 (mureup chida, “to slap on the knee to show a great surprise”)
• 무릎에 앉다 (mureupe anda, “to sit on another's lap”)
• 무릎을 베다 (mureupeul beda, “to pillow the head on another's lap”)

See also

• 오금 (ogeum, “the hollow of the knee”)