백

백 U+BC31, 백 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAEG Composition: ㅂ + ㅐ + ㄱ ← 배 [U+BC30] Hangul Syllables 밲 → [U+BC32]

배백밲밳밴밵밶 밷밸밹밺밻밼밽 밾밿뱀뱁뱂뱃뱄 뱅뱆뱇뱈뱉뱊뱋
바 ←	→ 뱌

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 百 (“hundred”), from Early Modern Korean ᄇᆡᆨ (poyk), from the Middle Korean reading ᄇᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: póyk), from Middle Chinese 百 (MC paek). Displaced native Middle Korean 온〮 (Yale: wón, “hundred”). Cognate with Jeju 벡 (bek).

Korean numbers ^(edit)

←  10	←  90	100	1,000  →	100,000  →
		10
Sino-Korean: 백 (baek)     Hanja: 百

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɛk̚] ~ [pe̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [백/벡]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baeg
McCune–Reischauer?	paek
Yale Romanization?	payk

Numeral

백 • (baek) (hanja 百)

1. (one) hundred

   이백 ― ibaek ― two hundred

   백 명 ― baek myeong ― one hundred people

Derived terms

• (North Korea) 열백번 (—百番, yeolbaekbeon)
• See the hanja entry at 百 for Sino-Korean compounds of 백 (百, baek).

Etymology 2

From English bag.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [p͈ɛk̚] ~ [p͈e̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [빽/뻭]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	baek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	baeg
McCune–Reischauer?	paek
Yale Romanization?	qpayk

Noun

백 • (baek)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) a bag, often specifically a plastic bag
2. a purse or handbag

Derived terms

• 쇼핑백 (syopingbaek)
• 수액백 (suaekbaek)

See also

• 가방 (gabang)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

백 • (baek)

More information

1. 白: white

   (eumhun reading: 흰 백 (huin baek))
   (MC reading: 白 (MC baek))

   Synonym: 백색 (baeksaek)

   Antonym: 흑 (heuk, “black”)

2. 伯: elder

   (eumhun reading: 맏 백 (mat baek))
   (MC reading: 伯 (MC paek))

3. 栢: a kind of tree

   (eumhun reading: 나무 이름 백 (namu ireum baek))
   (MC reading: 栢)

4. 柏: a kind of tree

   (eumhun reading: 나무 이름 백 (namu ireum baek))
   (MC reading: 柏 (MC paek))

5. 佰: 100

   (eumhun reading: 일백 백 (ilbaek baek))
   (MC reading: 佰 (MC maek))

6. 魄: soul

   (eumhun reading: 넋 백 (neok baek))
   (MC reading: 魄 (MC thak|phaek))

7. 帛: silk

   (eumhun reading: 비단 백 (bidan baek))
   (MC reading: 帛 (MC baek))

8. 粨: hectometer

   (eumhun reading: 헥토미터 백 (hektomiteo baek))
   (MC reading: 粨)