먹

먹 U+BA39, 먹
HANGUL SYLLABLE MEOG
Composition:ㅁ + ㅓ + ㄱ
← 머
[U+BA38] 		Hangul Syllables 먺 →
[U+BA3A]
머먹먺먻먼먽먾
먿멀멁멂멃멄멅
멆멇멈멉멊멋멌
멍멎멏멐멑멒멓
먜 ←→ 메

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 먹 (Yale: mek).

From Old Chinese 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “inkstick”), an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 76). The Sino-Korean reading is 묵 (墨, muk).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meog
McCune–Reischauer?mŏk
Yale Romanization?mek

Noun

먹 • (meok)

  1. inkstick
  2. (before certain nouns) pitch-black

Derived terms
  • 먹가오리 (meokgaori)
  • 먹갈치 (meokgalchi)
  • 먹구름 (meokgureum)
  • 먹물 (meongmul)
  • 먹붕장어 (meokbungjang'eo)
  • 먹수건 (meoksugeon)
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