범

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

범 • (beom)

1. (dated) tiger

   Synonym: (usual) 호랑이 (horang'i)

   • 2020, “대취타 [daechwita, Daechwita]”, in D-2, performed by Agust D:

     범으로 태어났지 적어도 너처럼 약하진 않지

     beom-euro taeeonatji jeogeodo neo-cheoreom yakhajin anchi

     I was born a tiger, at least I'm not weak like you.

Sino-Korean word from 犯.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

범 • (beom) (hanja 犯)

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

—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”)

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

• See the hanja entry at 犯 for Sino-Korean compounds of 범 (犯, beom).

Sino-Korean word from 汎.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

범— • (beom-) (hanja 汎)

1. pan-

• See the hanja entry at 汎 for Sino-Korean compounds of 범 (汎, beom).

Sino-Korean word from 范.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

범 • (Beom) (hanja 范)

1. a surname

• See the hanja entry at 范 for Sino-Korean compounds of 범 (范, beom).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

범 • (beom)

• IPA^(key): /pə̌m/

범〯 (pĕm)

1. tiger

• Korean: 범 (beom)