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Korean
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 |
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| Revised Romanization? | pun |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | pun |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | p'un |
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| Yale Romanization? | phūn |
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Etymology 1
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 분 (分, bun, “division”). First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 푼〯 (Yale: phwǔn).
Counter
푼 • (pun)
- (most common modern meaning) a classifier for a small amount of money
돈이 한 푼도 없다- don-i han pundo eopda
- to not have a single penny
돈 몇 푼 갖고 소인배처럼 왜 그러냐?- Don myeot pun gatgo soinbaecheoreom wae geureonya?
- Why are you behaving like a narrow-minded person because of a few pennies' worth of money?
- (historical) a classifier for cash coins
조선시대 때 엽전 세 푼으로 뭘 살 수 있었어?- Joseonsidae ttae yeopjeon se pun-euro mwol sal su isseosseo?
- How much could you buy with three cash coins in the Joseon dynasty?
- a candareen (unit of weight equivalent to 378 miligrams)
- Alternative form of 분(分) (bun, “bun, unit of length”).
Numeral
푼 • (pun)
- Alternative form of 분(分) (bun, “one tenth, 10-1”).
Etymology 2
An orthographic borrowing from Japanese 分.
Noun
푼 • (pun) (hanja 分)
- a hundredth
- Coordinate terms: 할(割) (hal, “tenth”), 리(厘) (ri, “thousandth”)
See also
Etymology 3
Verb
푼 • (pun)
- past determiner of 푸다 (puda)
- past determiner of 풀다 (pulda)