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U+C785, 입
HANGUL SYLLABLE IB
Composition: + +

[U+C784]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C786]




의 ←→ 자

Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean  (Yale: *ip).[1] Compare Japanese 言う (iu, mouth).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ip̚]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ib
McCune–Reischauer?ip
Yale Romanization?ip

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

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(ip)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. lips
  3. (figurative, metonymically) a man's word
  4. (figurative, metonymically) the number of people who eat food
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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See also
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(noun):

(verb):

(other terms):

Counter

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(ip)

  1. a unit that counts the amount of food that can be eaten at a time.
    han immanJust one bite (please)

References

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  1. ^ Ho-min Sonh (2015) “Middle Korean and Pre-Modern Korean”, in Lucien Brown, Jaehoon Yeon, editors, The Handbook of Korean Linguistics[1], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 441

Etymology 2

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(ip)

  1. :
    (MC reading: (MC nyip))
  2. 廿:
    (MC reading: 廿 (MC nyip))
  3. : Alternative form of 廿
    (MC reading: )

Etymology 3

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South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally (rip).

Syllable

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(ip)

  1. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  2. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  3. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  4. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  5. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  6. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  7. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC trhip))
  8. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
  9. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC trhip))
  10. (South Korea) :
    (MC reading: (MC lip))
Usage notes
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In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading (rip) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from (rip) to (ip) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

Alternative forms
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  • (rip) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

References

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