"불가사리" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Korean]

IPA: [puɭɡa̠sʰa̠ɾi] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: bulgasari [romanization], 不可殺— [hanja]
Etymology: From Literary Chinese 不可殺, literally means "it cannot be killed". According to folk etymology, another way to read this word is 火可殺이 (불가살이, bul gasal-i), which means "it can be killed with fire". The use of "불가사리" for "starfish" may refer to the sea creature's ability to regrow its limbs or body after being cut to pieces. Etymology templates: {{der|ko|lzh|不可殺}} Literary Chinese 不可殺 Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=不可殺—}} 불가사리 • (bulgasari) (hanja 不可殺—)
  1. legendary quadrupedal monster that eats iron
    Sense id: en-불가사리-ko-noun-YTTdUt~X Categories (other): Korean mythology Disambiguation of Korean mythology: 54 46
  2. starfish
    Sense id: en-불가사리-ko-noun-N1W0F7D5 Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Echinoderms, Korean mythology, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 4 96 Disambiguation of Korean mythology: 54 46 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 거미불가사리 (geomibulgasari) (english: Ophioplocus japonicus)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Ophioplocus japonicus",
      "roman": "geomibulgasari",
      "translation": "Ophioplocus japonicus",
      "word": "거미불가사리"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bulgasari"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "pulgasari"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ko",
        "2": "lzh",
        "3": "不可殺"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Literary Chinese 不可殺, literally means \"it cannot be killed\". According to folk etymology, another way to read this word is 火可殺이 (불가살이, bul gasal-i), which means \"it can be killed with fire\".\nThe use of \"불가사리\" for \"starfish\" may refer to the sea creature's ability to regrow its limbs or body after being cut to pieces.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulgasari",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不可殺—",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "不可殺—"
      },
      "expansion": "불가사리 • (bulgasari) (hanja 不可殺—)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Korean mythology",
          "orig": "ko:Korean mythology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legendary quadrupedal monster that eats iron"
      ],
      "id": "en-불가사리-ko-noun-YTTdUt~X"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
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          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
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          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Echinoderms",
          "orig": "ko:Echinoderms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Korean mythology",
          "orig": "ko:Korean mythology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "ko:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starfish"
      ],
      "id": "en-불가사리-ko-noun-N1W0F7D5",
      "links": [
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[puɭɡa̠sʰa̠ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "불가사리"
    },
    {
      "other": "[불가사리]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bulgasari (creature)",
    "ko:불가사리 (전설)"
  ],
  "word": "불가사리"
}
{
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    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms derived from Literary Chinese",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ko:Echinoderms",
    "ko:Korean mythology",
    "ko:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Ophioplocus japonicus",
      "roman": "geomibulgasari",
      "translation": "Ophioplocus japonicus",
      "word": "거미불가사리"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "bulgasari"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "pulgasari"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "lzh",
        "3": "不可殺"
      },
      "expansion": "Literary Chinese 不可殺",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Literary Chinese 不可殺, literally means \"it cannot be killed\". According to folk etymology, another way to read this word is 火可殺이 (불가살이, bul gasal-i), which means \"it can be killed with fire\".\nThe use of \"불가사리\" for \"starfish\" may refer to the sea creature's ability to regrow its limbs or body after being cut to pieces.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bulgasari",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "不可殺—",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "不可殺—"
      },
      "expansion": "불가사리 • (bulgasari) (hanja 不可殺—)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "legendary quadrupedal monster that eats iron"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "starfish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[puɭɡa̠sʰa̠ɾi]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "불가사리"
    },
    {
      "other": "[불가사리]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bulgasari (creature)",
    "ko:불가사리 (전설)"
  ],
  "word": "불가사리"
}

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