범

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범 U+BC94, 범
HANGUL SYLLABLE BEOM
Composition:ㅂ + ㅓ + ㅁ
← 벓
 		Hangul Syllables 법 →
버벅벆벇번벉벊
벋벌벍벎벏벐벑
벒벓범법벖벗벘
벙벚벛벜벝벞벟
뱨 ←→ 베

Korean

Etymology 1

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

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?beom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beom
McCune–Reischauer?pŏm
Yale Romanization?pēm

Noun

범 • (beom)

  1. (dated) tiger
    Synonym: (usual) 호랑이 (horang'i)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 犯.

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?beom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beom
McCune–Reischauer?pŏm
Yale Romanization?pēm

Root

범 • (beom) (hanja 犯)

  1. Root of 범하다 (beomhada, “to violate; to commit (a wrong)”). Rarely used alone.

Suffix

—범 • (-beom) (hanja 犯)

  1. criminal (who has committed the crime)
    ‎강간 (ganggan, “rape”) + ‎범 (beom) → ‎강간범 (gangganbeom, “rapist”)
    ‎정치 (jeongchi, “politics”) + ‎범 (beom) → ‎정치범 (jeongchibeom, “political prisoner”)

Counter

범 • (beom) (hanja 犯)

  1. count (number of times one has committed a crime)
    사기 전과 3범 ― sagi jeon'gwa sambeom ― three counts of fraud

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 汎.

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?beom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beom
McCune–Reischauer?pŏm
Yale Romanization?pēm

Prefix

범— • (beom-) (hanja 汎)

  1. pan-
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 范.

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?beom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beom
McCune–Reischauer?pŏm
Yale Romanization?pēm

Proper noun

범 • (Beom) (hanja 范)

  1. a surname
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

범 (beom)

Extended content
  1. 凡:
    (MC reading: 凡 (MC bjom))
  2. 犯:
    (MC reading: 犯 (MC bjomX))
  3. 範:
    (MC reading: 範 (MC bjomX))
  4. 帆:
    (MC reading: 帆 (MC bjom|bjomH))
  5. 杋:
    (MC reading: 杋)
  6. 氾:
    (MC reading: 氾 (MC bjom|phjomH))
  7. 梵:
    (MC reading: 梵 (MC bjuwng|bjomH))
  8. 泛:
    (MC reading: 泛 (MC phjomH|bjop))
  9. 釩:
    (MC reading: 釩 (MC phjomX))
  10. 渢:
    (MC reading: 渢 (MC bjuwng))
  11. 滼:
    (MC reading: 滼)
  12. 笵:
    (MC reading: 笵 (MC bjomX))
  13. 訉:
    (MC reading: 訉)
  14. 颿:
    (MC reading: 颿 (MC bjom|bjomH))

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

Noun

범〯 (pĕm)

  1. tiger

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: 범 (beom)
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