별

Korean

Etymology 1

벼벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗
베 ←	→ 볘

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 별 • (byeol)

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

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. Possibly cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 星 (hoshi, “star”) and Manchu ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha, “star”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeol
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏl
Yale Romanization?	pyēl

Noun

별 • (byeol)

1. star

   하늘에 별따기

   haneur-e byeolttagi

   (figurative, literally meaning "picking a star in the sky") impossibility

Synonyms

• 성 (星, seong)

Derived terms

• 별나라 (byeollara, “stellar world”)
• 별따기 (byeolttagi, “impossibility”)
• 별똥 (byeolttong, “meteorite”)
• 별무늬 (byeolmunui, “starry pattern or design”)
• 별박이 (byeolbagi, “horse with a white spot on the head”)
• 별빛 (byeolbit, “starlight”)
• 별자리 (byeoljari, “constellation”)
• 별표 (byeolpyo, “asterisk”)
• 떠돌이별 (tteodoribyeol, “planet”)
• 별똥별 (byeolttongbyeol, “shooting star, meteor”)
• 붙박이별 (butbagibyeol, “fixed star”)
• 샛별 (saetbyeol, “morning star, Phosphorus”)

Related terms

• 반짝이다 (banjjagida, “to twinkle”)
• 불 (bul, “ fire”)
• 빛 (bit, “ light”)

See also

• 하늘 (haneul, “sky, heaven”)
• 땅 (ttang, “earth”)
• 해 (hae, “sun”)
• 달 (dal, “moon”)