흙

흙 U+D759, 흙 HANGUL SYLLABLE HEULG Composition: ㅎ + ㅡ + ㄺ ← 흘 [U+D758] Hangul Syllables 흚 → [U+D75A]

흐흑흒흓흔흕흖 흗흘흙흚흛흜흝 흞흟흠흡흢흣흤 흥흦흧흨흩흪흫
휴 ←	→ 희

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 轄希 (Yale: *holki).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞᆰ (Yale: hòlk).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [xɯk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [흑]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heulg
McCune–Reischauer?	hŭk
Yale Romanization?	hulk

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 흙의 / 흙에 / 흙까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

흙 • (heuk)

1. earth, soil, dirt, ground

   음, 달걀 껍데기를 흙에 넣어 두는 것이 한가지 쉬운 방법이지.

   Eum, dalgyal kkeopdegi-reul heulg-e neo'eo duneun geos-i han'gaji swiun bangbeob-iji.

   Well, putting an egg shell in the soil is one easy way.

Derived terms

• 개흙 (gaeheuk, “estuary silt”)
• 진흙 (jinheuk, “mud”)
• 찰흙 (chalheuk, “clay”)
• 흙더미 (heukdeomi, “mound of earth”)
• 흙먼지 (heungmeonji, “dust”)
• 흙벽돌 (heukbyeokdol, “dried clay brick”)

 

See also

• 土 (to), the hanja for "soil"
• 땅 (ttang, “earth”)
• 흐리다 (heurida, “to be muddy; cloudy”)