빛

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pit̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [빋]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bich
McCune–Reischauer?	pit
Yale Romanization?	pich

Etymology 1

비빅빆빇빈빉빊 빋빌빍빎빏빐빑 빒빓빔빕빖빗빘 빙빚빛빜빝빞빟
븨 ←	→ 빠

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 빛 • (bit)

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

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 빛 (Yale: pich).

Noun

빛 • (bit)

1. light; gleam; glow; gloss; glaze

   빛이 있어라.

   bichi isseora.

   Let there be light.

2. color; hue; tint

   바다의 빛이 푸르다.

   badaui bichi pureuda.

   The color of the sea is blue.

3. fame; hope; outlook

Alternative forms

• 빋 (bit) (obsolete)
• 빗 (bit) (obsolete)

Synonyms

• 볕 (byeot, “sunshine”)
• 불 (bul, “fire, light”)
• 광 (光, gwang, “light”)
• 광선 (光線, gwangseon, “ray of light”)

Antonyms

• 그늘 (geuneul, “shadow”)
• 어둠 (eodum, “darkness”)

Derived terms

• 달빛 (dalbit, “moonlight”)
• 별빛 (byeolbit, “starlight”)
• 빛깔 (bitkkal, “color; hue”)
• 빛나다 (binnada, “(intransitive) to shine, gleam, glimmer, glisten; to be bright, radiant, glorious”)
• 빛내다 (binnaeda, “(transitive) to make shine, brighten, glorify”)
• 햇빛 (haetbit, “sunshine”)

 

Related terms

• 비치다 (bichida, “(intransitive) to shine; to appear; to be reflected, transparent”)
• 비추다 (bichuda, “(transitive) to shine, light, illuminate ; to project, reflect; to compare, refer”)

See also

• 밝다 (bakda, “to be bright; to dawn”)
• 보다 (boda, “(transitive) to see”)
• 보이다 (boida, “(intransitive) to be seen”)