밤

밤 U+BC24, 밤 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAM Composition: ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅁ Dubeolsik input: q-k-a ← 밣 [U+BC23] Hangul Syllables 밥 → [U+BC25]

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin. For night.

Noun

밤 • (bam) (short-voweled)

1. night, evening

Antonyms

• 낮 (nat): daytime

Derived terms

• 밤새우다 (bamsae-uda): to sit up all night

See also

• 낮 (nat): daytime
• 밤 (bam): night
• 새벽 (saebyeok): dawn

• 아침 (achim): morning
• 저녁 (jeonyeok): evening

• 오전 (ojeon): morning
• 오후 (ohu): afternoon

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. For chestnut.

Noun

밤 • (bam) (long-voweled)

1. chestnut

Derived terms

Terms derived from 밤 (bam)

• 군밤 (gunbam, “roasted chestnut”)
• 날밤 (nalbam, “raw, unroasted chestnut”)
• 너도밤나무 (neodobamnamu, “beech”)

• 말밤 (malbam, “water chestnut”)
• 밤나무 (bamnamu, “chestnut tree”)
• 밤색 (bamsaek, “chestnut color, dark brown”)

• 밤송이 (bamsong-i, “chestnut bur”)
• 밤톨 (bamtol, “single chestnut”)
• 알밤 (albam, “single chestnut”)

See also

• 마로니에 (maronie): marronnier, horse-chestnut