벌

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

Possibly cognate with Japanese 蜂(はち) (hachi, “bee; wasp”, Old Japanese reading pati).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 벌의 / 벌에 / 벌까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

벌 • (beol)

1. any kind of bee, wasp, or hornet
   1. (specifically) honey bee (Apis mellifera)

      Synonym: 꿀벌 (kkulbeol)

      벌에 쏘이다 ― beor-e ssoida ― to be stung by a bee

• 蜂 (bong), the hanja for "bee, wasp"

Sino-Korean word from 罰.

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벌 • (beol) (hanja 罰)

1. punishment; penalty

   Antonym: 상(賞) (sang, “prize”)

• 벌(罰)하다 (beolhada, “to punish”)
• See the hanja entry at 罰 for Sino-Korean compounds of 벌 (罰, beol).

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

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벌 • (beol)

1. a set/suit of clothes

벌 • (beol)

1. Counter for sets of clothes

   한복 한 벌 ― hanbok han beol ― a set of hanbok

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: pól).

Possibly cognate with Japanese 原(はら) (hara, “dry field”, Old Japanese reading para).

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벌 • (beol)

1. field, plain (open area of land)

• 펄 (peol, “mudflat”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

벌 (beol)

• IPA^(key): /pə̌l/

벌〯 (pěl)

1. bee (insect)

• Korean: 벌 (beol)