백

Korean

Etymology 1

배백밲밳밴밵밶 밷밸밹밺밻밼밽 밾밿뱀뱁뱂뱃뱄 뱅뱆뱇뱈뱉뱊뱋
바 ←	→ 뱌

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 백 • (baek)

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

Etymology 2

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

1459, (deprecated template usage) 《월인석보》 1:6

五ᄂᆞᆫ 다ᄉᆞ시오 百ᄋᆞᆫ 오니라.

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. (Sino-Korean) one hundred

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

백 (baek)

1. 白: white

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

2. 百: 100

   (eumhun reading: 일백 백 (ilbaek baek))
   (MC reading: 百 (MC paek))

3. 伯: elder

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

4. 栢: a kind of tree

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

5. 柏: a kind of tree

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

6. 佰: 100

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

7. 魄: soul

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

8. 帛: silk

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

9. 粨: hectometer

   (eumhun reading: 헥터메테르 백 (hekteometereu baek))
   (MC reading: 粨)

Etymology 3

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. a bag, often specifically a plastic bag

Derived terms

• 쇼핑백 (syopingbaek, “shopping bag”)
• 수액백 (suaekbaek, “IV bag”)

See also

• 가방 (gabang)
• 봉지 (bongji)
• 봉투 (bongtu)
• 자루 (jaru)
• 포대 (podae)