별

별	U+BCC4, 별 HANGUL SYLLABLE BYEOL

Composition:	ㅂ + ㅕ + ㄹ
Dubeolsik input:	q-u-f

← 볃
[U+BCC3]

Hangul Syllables

볅 →
[U+BCC5]

Korean

Etymology 1

베 ←	→ 볘
벼 벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗

Syllable

별 • (byeol)

A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅂ, ㅕ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. Possibly cognate with Japanese 星 (hoshi, “star”) and Manchu ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha, “star”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[pjɘːɭ]
Phonetic Hangul[별:]

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

Noun

별 • (byeol)

star

하늘에 별따기
haneure byeolttagi
(figurative, literally meaning "picking a star in the sky") impossibility
- 우리는 늦게까지 깨어 있다가 별들을 올려다 보았다.
  Urineun neutgekkaji kkaeeo itdaga byeoldeureul ollyeoda boatda.
  We stayed up late to look up at the stars.

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”)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.