"음" meaning in Korean

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Interjection

IPA: [ɯm] [SK-Standard, Seoul]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic; compare English hmm. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|ko}} Onomatopoeic, {{cog|en|hmm}} English hmm Head templates: {{ko-interjection}} 음 • (eum)
  1. hmm, umm, uh; indicating thinking or pondering, often with a sense of hesitation. Tags: hangeul
    Sense id: en-음-ko-intj-n~6zDw0h Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean onomatopoeias, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 38 12 2 17 31 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 18 30 1 27 23 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 20 30 1 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 22 22 12 22 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɯm] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 陰 (“the female principle yin”) Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|陰|gloss=the female principle yin}} 陰 (“the female principle yin”), {{ko-etym-Sino|陰|the female principle yin}} Sino-Korean word from 陰 (“the female principle yin”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=陰}} 음 • (eum) (hanja 陰)
  1. yin, the essential female principle in eastern religion or philosophy Tags: hangeul Derived forms: the hanja entry at 陰 for Sino-Korean compounds of 음 (alt: ) [hangeul]
    Sense id: en-음-ko-noun-EdM7oApl Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 38 12 2 17 31 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 18 30 1 27 23 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 20 30 1 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 22 22 12 22 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɯm] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 音 (“sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation”) Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|音|gloss=sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation}} 音 (“sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation”), {{ko-etym-Sino|音|sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation}} Sino-Korean word from 音 (“sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=音}} 음 • (eum) (hanja 音)
  1. (formal) sound (in general) Tags: formal, hangeul Synonyms: 소리
    Sense id: en-음-ko-noun-1mOGhl1u Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 22 22 12 22 21
  2. (music) sound, tune Tags: hangeul Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-음-ko-noun-QvrG2Jdb Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 38 12 2 17 31 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 18 30 1 27 23 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 20 30 1 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 22 22 12 22 21 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (Chinese phonology) reading of a character Tags: Chinese, hangeul
    Sense id: en-음-ko-noun-ZngmeVsI Categories (other): Hanja readings, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with raw sortkeys, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Hanja readings: 18 6 5 5 65 Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 38 12 2 17 31 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 18 30 1 27 23 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 20 30 1 26 23 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 22 22 12 22 21 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 15 21 5 20 39 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: the hanja entry at 音 for Sino-Korean compounds of 음 (alt: ) [hangeul]
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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    {
      "categories": [
        "ko:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound, tune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) sound, tune"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 훈(訓) (hun)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reading of a character"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reading",
          "reading"
        ],
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Chinese phonology) reading of a character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese",
        "hangeul"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯm]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[음]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "음"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Korean dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.