함

함 U+D568, 함 HANGUL SYLLABLE HAM Composition: ㅎ + ㅏ + ㅁ ← 핧 [U+D567] Hangul Syllables 합 → [U+D569]

하학핚핛한핝핞 핟할핡핢핣핤핥 핦핧함합핪핫핬 항핮핯핰핱핲핳
피 ←	→ 해

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 函.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [함(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

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

Noun

함 • (ham) (hanja 函)

1. box

   Synonym: 상자(箱子) (sangja)

   투표함(投票函) ― tupyoham(投票 函 ) ― ballot box

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 函 for Sino-Korean compounds of 함 (函, ham).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 艦.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠(ː)m]
• Phonetic hangul: [함(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

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

Noun

함 • (ham) (hanja 艦)

1. warship

   Synonym: 군함(軍艦) (gunham)

   Hypernym: 함정(艦艇) (hamjeong)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 艦 for Sino-Korean compounds of 함 (艦, ham).

Etymology 3

Probably originally dialectal or alternately a fairly recent contraction, since it is not found in dictionaries of the standard language. Nowadays used in Seoul as well.

Adverb

함 • (ham)

1. (slang) Contraction of 한번 (hanbeon, “sometime; when you have the chance”).

   함 봐봐. ― Ham bwa-bwa. ― Have a look at this.

Usage notes

• Generally used only with certain common verbs, among which the most common is 보다 (boda, “to see, to try”).
• The contraction is not used for the literal "once" sense.

Etymology 4

Verb

함 • (ham) (verbal noun of 하다)

1. formal non-polite verbal noun of 하다 (hada)

   Synonym: 하기 (hagi)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

함 (ham)

Extended content

咸: all (eumhun reading: 다 함 (da ham)) (MC reading: 咸 (MC heam)) 含: mouthing (eumhun reading: 머금을 함 (meogeumeul ham)) (MC reading: 含 (MC hom)) 艦: warship (eumhun reading: 싸움배 함 (ssaumbae ham)) (MC reading: 艦 (MC haemX)) 函: box (eumhun reading: 함 함 (ham ham)) (MC reading: 函 (MC hom|heam)) 陷: plunging (eumhun reading: 빠질 함 (ppajil ham)) (MC reading: 陷 (MC heamH)) 喊: sound (eumhun reading: 소리 함 (sori ham)) (MC reading: 喊 (MC xamX|heamX|xeamX)) 啣: bit (eumhun reading: 재갈 함 (jaegal ham)) (MC reading: 啣) 涵: wet (eumhun reading: 젖을 함 (jeojeul ham)) (MC reading: 涵 (MC hom|homX)) 緘: sealing (eumhun reading: 봉할 함 (bonghal ham)) (MC reading: 緘 (MC keam)) 檻: cage (eumhun reading: 우리 함 (uri ham)) (MC reading: 檻 (MC haemX)) 銜: bit (eumhun reading: 재갈 함 (jaegal ham)) (MC reading: 銜 (MC haem)) 鹹: salty (eumhun reading: 짤 함 (jjal ham)) (MC reading: 鹹 (MC heam))