복

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복 U+BCF5, 복
HANGUL SYLLABLE BOG
Composition:ㅂ + ㅗ + ㄱ
← 보
 		Hangul Syllables 볶 →
보복볶볷본볹볺
볻볼볽볾볿봀봁
봂봃봄봅봆봇봈
봉봊봋봌봍봎봏
볘 ←→ 봐

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bog
McCune–Reischauer?pok
Yale Romanization?pok

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 福, from the Middle Korean reading 복〮 (Yale: pwók).

Noun

복 • (bok) (hanja 福)

  1. fortune, blessing, luck
    복을 받다 ― bog-eul batda ― to be blessed
Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 福 for Sino-Korean compounds of 복 (福, bok).

nouns
adjectives
adverbs

Etymology 2

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 복 (Yale: pwòk).

Possibly cognate with Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu).

Noun

복 • (bok)

  1. Short for 복어 (bogeo, “blowfish; pufferfish”).
Derived terms
  • 복섬 (bokseom, “grass puffer”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 鰒.

Noun

복 • (bok) (hanja 鰒)

  1. Synonym of 전복(全鰒) (jeonbok, “abalone”)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 複, from the Middle Korean reading 복〮 (Yale: pwók).

Prefix

복— • (bok-) (hanja 複)

  1. bi-, diplo-, double; complex, compound
    복수 (複數)
    plural number
    복굴절 (複屈折)
    birefringence
    복모음 (複母音)
    diphthong
    복소수 (複素數)
    complex number
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 服, from the Middle Korean reading 복〮 (Yale: pwók).

Suffix

—복 • (-bok) (hanja 服)

  1. clothes
    수영복 (水泳服)
    swimsuit
    한복 (韓服)
    Korean traditional suit
    운동복 (運動服)
    sportswear
    죄수복 (罪囚服)
    prison uniform
    학생복 (學生服)
    school uniform
Derived terms

Etymology 6

See the main entry.

Noun

복 • (bok)

  1. Gangwon, Seoul, and Chungcheong form of 부엌 (bueok, “kitchen”)
    • 2012 June 12, 변춘옥 [byeonchunok], “귀신을 태운 택시기사 [gwisineul tae'un taeksigisa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 강원도 태백시 삼수동 [gang'wondo taebaeksi samsudong]:
      그래미 고마 저 복문 열구 드가더래.
      Geurae-mi goma jeo bongmun yeol-gu deuga-deorae.
      So she opened the kitchen door and went inside.

Etymology 7

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

복 (bok)

More information
  1. 福:
    (MC reading: 福 (MC pjuwk))
  2. 復:
    (MC reading: 復 (MC bjuwk))
  3. 服:
    (MC reading: 服 (MC bjuwk))
  4. 伏:
    (MC reading: 伏 (MC bjuwk))
  5. 覆:
    (MC reading: 覆 (MC phjuwk))
  6. 腹:
    (MC reading: 腹 (MC pjuwk))
  7. 複:
    (MC reading: 複 (MC pjuwk))
  8. 馥:
    (MC reading: 馥 (MC bjuwk|bik))
  9. 卜:
    (MC reading: 卜 (MC puwk))
  10. 宓:
    (MC reading: 宓 (MC mjit|mit))
  11. 輻:
    (MC reading: 輻 (MC pjuwk))
  12. 僕:
    (MC reading: 僕 (MC buwk|bowk))
  13. 鰒:
    (MC reading: 鰒 (MC bjuwk))
  14. 蔔:
    (MC reading: 蔔 (MC bok))
  15. 匐:
    (MC reading: 匐 (MC bjuwk|bok))
  16. 茯:
    (MC reading: 茯 (MC bjuwk))
  17. 輹:
    (MC reading: 輹 (MC pjuwk|bjuwk))
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