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U+B110, 널
HANGUL SYLLABLE NEOL
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Hangul Syllables




냬 ←→ 네

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 널〯 (Yale: něl).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?neol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?neol
McCune–Reischauer?nŏl
Yale Romanization?nēl

Noun

(neol)

  1. panel, board, plank
    Synonym: 널빤지 (neolppanji)
  2. seesaw, teeter-totter : a structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down
    Synonym: 널판 (neolpan)
  3. coffin, casket
    Synonym: 관(棺) (gwan)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?neol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?neol
McCune–Reischauer?nŏl
Yale Romanization?nel

Pronoun

(neol)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of (neo-reul, you, in the accusative case)

Etymology 3

Verb

(neol)

  1. future determiner of 널다 (neolda)