약

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [약]

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

Etymology 1

야약앾앿얀얁얂 얃얄얅얆얇얈얉 얊얋얌얍얎얏얐 양얒얓얔얕얖얗
애 ←	→ 얘

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 약 • (yak)

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

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 藥 (“drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine”)

Noun

약 • (yak) (hanja 藥)

1. drug; medicine

Derived terms

• 약사 (藥師, yaksa, “pharmacist”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 約 (“approximately, promise, shrink”)

Adverb

약 • (yak) (hanja 約)

1. approximately; about

Derived terms

• 약속 (約束, yaksok, “promise”)
• 예약 (豫約, yeyak, “reservation; booking”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 籥 (“ancient vertical bamboo flute”)

Noun

약 • (yak) (hanja 籥)

1. an ancient notched vertical bamboo flute of Chinese origin with three fingerholes used today only in Confucian ritual music and dance in South Korea

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

약 (yak)

1. 弱:

   (MC reading: 弱 (MC nyak))

2. 若:

   (MC reading: 若 (MC nyae|nyaeX|nyak))

3. 躍:

   (MC reading: 躍 (MC yak))

4. 葯:

   (MC reading: 葯 (MC 'aewk|'jak))

5. 蒻:

   (MC reading: 蒻 (MC nyak))

6. 爚:

   (MC reading: 爚 (MC yak|syak))

7. 禴:

   (MC reading: 禴 (MC yak))

8. 篛:

   (MC reading: 篛)

9. 鑰:

   (MC reading: 鑰 (MC yak))

10. 鶸:

    (MC reading: 鶸)

11. 龠:

    (MC reading: 龠 (MC yak))