별

별 U+BCC4, 별 HANGUL SYLLABLE BYEOL Composition: ㅂ + ㅕ + ㄹ ← 볃 [U+BCC3] Hangul Syllables 볅 → [U+BCC5]

벼벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗
베 ←	→ 볘

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 별〯 (Yale: pyěl), from Old Korean 星利 (*PYEli). In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 별〯 (Yale: pyěl). Compare dialectal forms 비얼 (bieol), 밸 (bael), 베리 (beri), 빌 (bil), 벨 (bel), etc., some of which appear to preserve the original bisyllabic form.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeol
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏl
Yale Romanization?	pyēl

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 별의 / 별에 / 별까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

별 (byeol, “stars”)

별 • (byeol)

1. (astronomy) a star (celestial body)

   우리는 늦게 까지 깨어 있다가 별들을 올려다 보았다.

   Uri-neun neutge kkaji kkaeeo itdaga byeoldeureul ollyeoda boatda.

   We stayed up late and looked up at the stars [in the sky].

2. star (shape); a star symbol
3. (figuratively) a luminary, a leading light
4. (tarot) The Star (Tarot card)

Derived terms

• 달별 (dalbyeol)
• 떠돌이별 (tteodoribyeol)
• 별나라 (byeollara)
• 별따기 (byeolttagi)
• 별똥 (byeolttong)
• 별똥별 (byeolttongbyeol)
• 별무늬 (byeolmunui)
• 별바다 (byeolbada)
• 별박이 (byeolbagi)
• 별밤 (byeolbam)
• 별빛 (byeolbit)
• 별숲 (byeolsup)
• 별자리 (byeoljari)
• 별찌 (byeoljji)
• 별표 (byeolpyo)
• 붙박이별 (butbagibyeol)
• 샛별 (saetbyeol)
• 하늘의 별 따기 (haneurui byeol ttagi)

 

See also

• 星 (seong), the hanja for star

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 別.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [별]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeol
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏl
Yale Romanization?	pyel

Determiner

별 • (byeol) (hanja 別)

1. special, extraordinary, different, unusual

   우리 둘 별 사이 아니야. (casual) ― Uri dul byeol sai aniya. ― There's nothing special going on between the two of us.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 別 for Sino-Korean compounds of 별 (別, byeol).

Middle Korean

Etymology

From Old Korean 星利 (*PYEli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjə̌l/

Noun

별〯 (pyěl) (locative 벼〯레〮 (pyěl-éy))

1. star

Descendants

• Korean: 별 (byeol)