흙

흙 U+D759, 흙
HANGUL SYLLABLE HEULG
Composition:ㅎ + ㅡ + ㄺ
← 흘
[U+D758] 		Hangul Syllables 흚 →
[U+D75A]
흐흑흒흓흔흕흖
흗흘흙흚흛흜흝
흞흟흠흡흢흣흤
흥흦흧흨흩흪흫
휴 ←→ 희

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 轄希 (Yale: *hòlkí).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᆰ (Yale: hòlk).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heulg
McCune–Reischauer?hŭk
Yale Romanization?hulk
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 흙의 / 흙에 / 흙까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

흙 • (heuk)

  1. earth, soil, dirt, ground
    음, 달걀 껍데기를 흙에 넣어 두는 것이 한가지 쉬운 방법이지.
    Eum, dalgyal kkeopdegi-reul heulg-e neo'eo duneun geos-i han'gaji swiun bangbeob-iji.
    Well, putting an egg shell in the soil is one easy way.

Derived terms

See also
  • 土 (to), the hanja for "soil"
  • 땅 (ttang, “earth”)
  • 흐리다 (heurida, “to be muddy; cloudy”)
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