풀

풀	U+D480, 풀 HANGUL SYLLABLE PUL

Composition:

ㅍ + ㅜ + ㄹ

← 푿
[U+D47F]

Hangul Syllables

풁 →
[U+D481]

표 ←	→ 풔
푸 푹푺푻푼푽푾 푿풀풁풂풃풄풅 풆풇품풉풊풋풌 풍풎풏풐풑풒풓

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰuɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [풀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	pul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	pul
McCune–Reischauer^?	p'ul
Yale Romanization^?	phul

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 플〮 (Yale: phúl).

Alternative forms

플 (peul) (Early Modern)

Noun

풀 • (pul)

herbaceous plants, particularly grass
밭 에 풀이 무성하다.
bat-e pur-i museonghada.
The grass is thick in the field.

스님 들 은 풀만 드신다.
seunim-deur-eun pul-man deusinda.
Buddhist monks only eat vegetables.
- 1642, 尹善道 (Yun Seon-do), “五友歌 (Ou-ga)”, in 山中新曲 (Sanjung Sin'gok)‎:
  나모 도 아닌 거 시 플도 아닌 거 시
  namo-do anin geo-si peul-do anin geosi
  [the bamboo:] that which is not tree, that which is not grass.
Coordinate term: 나무 (namu, “tree, woody plant”)

Derived terms

강아지풀 (gang'ajipul, “wild foxtail millet”)
겨풀 (gyeopul, “rice cutgrass”)
달뿌리풀 (dalppuripul)
된장풀 (doenjangpul)
뚝새풀 (ttuksaepul, “shortawn foxtail”)
방울새풀 (bang'ulsaepul, “lesser quaking grass”)
장군풀 (janggunpul)
줄풀 (julpul, “Manchurian wild rice”)
푸나무 (punamu)
풀밭 (pulbat, “meadow; lawn”)
풀잎 (purip, “blade of grass”)

Related terms

푸르다 (pureuda, “to be green; to be blue”)

See also

잔디 (jandi, “lawn grass”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 플 (Yale: phul).

Noun

풀 • (pul)

glue

Etymology 3

From English pool.

Noun

풀 • (pul)

pool

See also

수영장 (水泳場, suyeongjang, “swimming baths, swimming pool”)

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