불

See also: 불다

불	U+BD88, 불 HANGUL SYLLABLE BUL

Composition:	ㅂ + ㅜ + ㄹ
Dubeolsik input:	q-n-f

← 붇
[U+BD87]

Hangul Syllables

붉 →
[U+BD89]

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin. From Middle Korean 블 (pyr), possibly from Old Chinese 燬 (OC *hmralʔ) or cognate with Old Japanese *pɨ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[puɭ]
Phonetic Hangul[불]

Revised Romanization^?	bul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bul
McCune–Reischauer^?	pul
Yale Romanization^?	pul

Noun

불 • (bul)

Derived terms

Derived terms

부엌 (bueok, “kitchen”)
불길 (bulgil, “flame”)
불꽃 (bulkkot, “flame, flare”)
불똥 (bulttong, “spark”)
불리다 (bullida, “to harden (metal)”)
불바다 (bulbada, “widespread fire”)
불붙다 (bulbutda, “to catch on fire”)
불빛 (bulbit, “light, color of fire”)
불사르다 (bulsareuda, “to burn”)
불장난 (buljangnan, “playing with fire or love”)
불지르다 (buljireuda, “to set on fire”)
불쬐다 (buljjoeda, “to warm (oneself at the fire)”)
불켜다 (bulkyeoda, “to light (a candle or lamp)”)
불타다 (bultada, “to burn, blaze”)
불태우다 (bultae-uda, “to burn”)
불피우다 (bulpiuda, “to make a fire”)

Related terms

Related terms

밝다 (bakda, “to be bright”)
부뚜막 (buttumak, “furnace top”)
부삽 (busap, “fire shovel”)
부시 (busi, “flint”)
부시다 (busida, “to be dazzling, glaring”)
부젓가락 (bujeotgarak, “fire tongs”)
부집게 (bujipge, “fire tongs”)
붉다 (bukda, “to be red”)
빨갛다 (ppalgata, “to be deep red”)

See also

See also

검댕 (geomdaeng, “soot”)
굴뚝 (gulttuk, “chimney”)
굽다 (gupda, “to bake, roast”)
기름 (gireum, “oil”)
끓다 (kkeulta, “to boil, bubble (frequentative)”)
때다 (ttaeda, “to make a fire, burn, heat (the room)”)
땔감 (ttaelgam, “fuel”)
뜨겁다 (tteugeopda, “to be hot”)
물 (mul, “water (as a great antagonism)”)
부글부글 (bugeulbugeul, “bubbling”)
숯 (sut, “charcoal”)
아궁이 (agung-i, “fire hole, fireplace, furnace”)
연기 (yeon-gi, “smoke”)
이글거리다 (igeulgeorida, “to blaze, flare, glare”)
이글이글 (igeurigeul, “blazingly, glaringly”)
장작 (jangjak, “firewood”)
재 (jae, “ashes”)
풀무 (pulmu, “bellows, blower”)

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. Perhaps related to Japanese ほと (hoto, “genitalia”) and おはせ (ohase, “(archaic slang) penis”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[puɭ]
Phonetic Hangul[불]

Revised Romanization^?	bul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bul
McCune–Reischauer^?	pul
Yale Romanization^?	pul

Noun

불 • (bul)

genitalia (mainly of males), scrotum, testicle, testis
basin, bottom (as of a sieve)

Derived terms

Derived terms

개불 (gaebul, “Urechis unicinctus (fat innkeeper worm, penis worm), a species of the Echiura (spoon worms)”)
부룩소 (burukso, “bullock, young bull”)
불깐소 (bulkkanso, “bullock, ox”)
불알 (bural, “testicle, testis”)
불앗다 (buratda, “to castrate”)
불치다 (bulchida, “to castrate”)
악대소 (akdaeso, “bullock, ox”)
황소 (hwangso, “bull”)

Related terms

Related terms

발 (bal, “foot”)
볏 (byeot, “cockscomb”)
보지 (boji, “(vulgar) vagina”)
뼈 (ppyeo, “bone”)
뿌리 (ppuri, “root”)
뿔 (ppul, “horn, antler”)
뽈 (ppol, “horn, antler”)
팔 (pal, “arm”)

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