입

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입 U+C785, 입
HANGUL SYLLABLE IB
Composition:ㅇ + ㅣ + ㅂ
← 임
 		Hangul Syllables 잆 →
이익읶읷인읹읺
읻일읽읾읿잀잁
잂잃임입잆잇있
잉잊잋잌잍잎잏
의 ←→ 자

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 邑 (Yale: *ip).[1] Compare Japanese 言う (iu, “to say”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ib
McCune–Reischauer?ip
Yale Romanization?ip

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 입의 / 입에 / 입까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

입 • (ip)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. lips
  3. (figurative, metonymically) a man's word
  4. (figurative, metonymically) the number of people who eat food
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also

(noun):

(verb):

(other terms):

Counter

입 • (ip)

  1. a unit that counts the amount of food that can be eaten at a time.
    한 입만 ― han imman ― Just one bite (please)

References

  1. ^ Ho-min Sonh (2015) “Middle Korean and Pre-Modern Korean”, in Lucien Brown, Jaehoon Yeon, editors, The Handbook of Korean Linguistics‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 441

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

입 (ip)

  1. 入:
    (MC reading: 入 (MC nyip))
  2. 廿:
    (MC reading: 廿 (MC nyip))
  3. 卄: Alternative form of 廿
    (MC reading: 卄)

Etymology 3

South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 립 (rip).

Syllable

입 (ip)

  1. (South Korea) 立:
    (MC reading: 立 (MC lip))
  2. (South Korea) 笠:
    (MC reading: 笠 (MC lip))
  3. (South Korea) 粒:
    (MC reading: 粒 (MC lip))
  4. (South Korea) 砬:
    (MC reading: 砬 (MC lip))
  5. (South Korea) 岦:
    (MC reading: 岦 (MC lip))
  6. (South Korea) 苙:
    (MC reading: 苙 (MC lip))
  7. (South Korea) 雴:
    (MC reading: 雴 (MC trhip))
  8. (South Korea) 鴗:
    (MC reading: 鴗 (MC lip))
  9. (South Korea) 湁:
    (MC reading: 湁 (MC trhip))
  10. (South Korea) 䶘:
    (MC reading: 䶘 (MC lip))
Usage notes

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 립 (rip) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 립 (rip) to 입 (ip) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

Alternative forms
  • 립 (rip) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

References

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