뿐

뿐 U+BFD0, 뿐 HANGUL SYLLABLE BBUN Composition: ㅃ + ㅜ + ㄴ ← 뿏 [U+BFCF] Hangul Syllables 뿑 → [U+BFD1]

뿌뿍뿎뿏뿐뿑뿒 뿓뿔뿕뿖뿗뿘뿙 뿚뿛뿜뿝뿞뿟뿠 뿡뿢뿣뿤뿥뿦뿧
뾰 ←	→ 뿨

See also: -뿐

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄲᅮᆫ (Yale: spwun), from -ㅅ (Yale: -s, genitive marker) + Sino-Korean 분〯(分) (Yale: pwǔn, “part, portion”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [p͈un]

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• Phonetic hangul: [뿐]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ppun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ppun
McCune–Reischauer?	ppun
Yale Romanization?	ppun

Dependent noun

뿐 • (ppun)

1. only, just; used with -을, the "verbal irrealis adnominal suffix".

   그건 그저 변덕일 뿐이야.

   Geugeon geujeo byeondeog-il ppun-iya.

   It's all just a whim.

2. Used in -다 뿐이지 (-da ppuniji).

Usage notes

• When 뿐 (ppun) is used after a verb with -을 (-eul) or in the -다 뿐이지 (-da ppuniji) construction, it is spaced.
• When 뿐 (ppun) is used after a noun or nominal, it is not spaced but directly appended to the noun; the entry for it is at -뿐 (-ppun).