발

Korean

Etymology 1

바박밖밗반밙밚 받발밝밞밟밠밡 밢밣밤밥밦밧밨 방밪밫밬밭밮밯
미 ←	→ 배

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [발]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bal
McCune–Reischauer?	pal
Yale Romanization?	pal

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 발 • (bal)

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

Etymology 2

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

1103 (deprecated template usage) 《계림유사》

足曰潑

Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 발 (Yale: pal).

1447 (deprecated template usage) 《석보상절》 3:38 ㄱ

結加趺坐ᄂᆞᆫ 올ᄒᆞᆫ녁 밠드ᅌᅳᆯ 왼녁 무루페 여ᇇ고 왼녁ᅌᅳᆯ 발드 올ᄒᆞᆫ녁 무루페 연자 서르 겨러 안ᄌᆞᆯ 씨라

Also attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 발 (Yale: pal).

1449 (deprecated template usage) 《월인천강지곡》

四天王이 뫼ᅀᆞᆸ고 ᄆᆞᆯ 발ᄋᆞᆯ 諸天이 바다 虛空 ᄐᆞ샤 山ᄋᆡ 니르르시니

Also attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 발 (Yale: pal).

1466 (deprecated template usage) 《구급방언해》 하:49ㄴ

吐티 몯ᄒᆞ고 ᄂᆞᆺ과 입과 검프르고 발와 손괘 왜트러 차 주거 가거든

Noun

발 • (bal)

1. foot

   레오나르도 다빈치는 인간의 발이 공학의 걸작이며 예술 작품이라고 말한 적이 있었다.

   re'onareudo dabinchineun in'ganui bari gonghagui geoljagimyeo yesul jakpumirago malhan jeogi isseotda.

   Leonardo Da Vinci once said that the human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Derived terms

• 발가락 (balgarak, “toe”)
• 발끝 (balkkeut, “tiptoe”)
• 발바닥 (balbadak, “sole (of the foot)”)
• 발톱 (baltop, “toenail, claw, talon”)
• 신발 (sinbal, “shoes, footwear, footgear”)
• 평발 (pyeongbal, “flat feet”)

 

Related terms

• 밟다 (bapda, “to press against an object by lifting and releasing one's feet, step on, tread on, trample”)
• 디디다 (didida, “to tread on something”)

Etymology 3

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [발(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bal
McCune–Reischauer?	pal
Yale Romanization?	pāl

Noun

발 • (bal)

1. a weir made of willow or bamboo; a fish trap

Related terms

• 통발 (筒발, tongbal, “enclosing weir, fish trap”)

See also

• 그물 (geumul, “net, fishnet”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

발 (bal)

1. 發:

   (MC reading: 發 (MC pjot))

2. 拔:

   (MC reading: 拔 (MC bjot|bat))

3. 髮:

   (MC reading: 髮 (MC pjot))

4. 潑:

   (MC reading: 潑 (MC phat))

5. 鉢:

   (MC reading: 鉢 (MC pat))

6. 渤:

   (MC reading: 渤 (MC bwot))

7. 勃:

   (MC reading: 勃 (MC bwot))

8. 撥:

   (MC reading: 撥 (MC pat))

9. 跋:

   (MC reading: 跋 (MC bat))

10. 醱:

    (MC reading: 醱)

11. 魃:

    (MC reading: 魃 (MC bat))

12. 炦:

    (MC reading: 炦 (MC bat))

13. 哱:

    (MC reading: 哱 (MC phwot))

14. 浡:

    (MC reading: 浡 (MC bwot))

15. 脖:

    (MC reading: 脖 (MC bwot))

16. 鈸:

    (MC reading: 鈸 (MC bat))

17. 鵓:

    (MC reading: 鵓 (MC bwot))

18. 悖:

    (MC reading: 悖 (MC bwot))

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]