부음

Sino-Korean word from 訃音.

• IPA^(key): [puː.ɨm]

부음 (pwuum) (hanja 訃音)

1. news of someone's death
   • 1617, “烈女圖／열녀도”, in 東國新續三綱行實圖／동국신속삼강행실도 [New Edition of the Korean Illustrated Conduct of the Three Bonds]:

     부음 듣고 즉시 목욕 ᄀᆡ복ᄒᆞ고 다락긔 올라 ᄂᆞ려뎌 주그니 […]

     pwuum tutkwo cuksi mwokywok koypwok-hokwo talak-ᅟuy wolla nolyetye cwukuni […]

     Hearing news of [her husband's] death, [the wife] promptly bathed and donned her [mourning dress]; and then she ascended to the terrace and threw herself off of it, plunging to [her] death.

• Korean: 부음(訃音) (bueum)

Sino-Korean word from 訃音.

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

부음 • (bueum) (hanja 訃音)

1. obituary; news of someone's death

Sino-Korean word from 父音.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [puɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [부음]

부음 • (bueum) (hanja 父音)

1. Synonym of 자음(子音) (ja'eum, “(phonetics) consonant”)

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

부음 • (bueum)

1. verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to pour”)

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

부음 • (bueum)

1. verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to swell up”)