번

번 U+BC88, 번 HANGUL SYLLABLE BEON Composition: ㅂ + ㅓ + ㄴ ← 벇 [U+BC87] Hangul Syllables 벉 → [U+BC89]

Korean

버벅벆벇번벉벊 벋벌벍벎벏벐벑 벒벓범법벖벗벘 벙벚벛벜벝벞벟
뱨 ←	→ 베

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 番 (“turn”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [번]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	beon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	beon
McCune–Reischauer?	pŏn
Yale Romanization?	pen

Noun

번 • (beon) (hanja 番)

1. occasion, time (as in first time, second time, etc.)

   한 번 들어 보세요.

   Han beon deureo boseyo.

   Please have a listen once (one time).

Counter

번 • (beon) (hanja 番)

1. times

   한번; 두번; 세번; 네번

   hanbeon; dubeon; sebeon; nebeon

   One time; two times; three times; four times

Usage notes

As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 번 (beon) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also

• 시 (si, “o'clock”), 시간 (sigan, “hours”), 갑 (gap, “packs”), 살 (sal, “years”), 사람 (saram, “people”), 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”), 마리 (mari, “animals”), 권 (gwon, “volumes”), 채 (chae, “houses”)

Etymology 2

Verb form.

Determiner

번 • (beon) (past determiner of 벌다)

1. having been earned