움

움 U+C6C0, 움 HANGUL SYLLABLE UM Composition: ㅇ + ㅜ + ㅁ ← 욿 [U+C6BF] Hangul Syllables 웁 → [U+C6C1]

우욱욲욳운욵욶 욷울욹욺욻욼욽 욾욿움웁웂웃웄 웅웆웇웈웉웊웋
요 ←	→ 워

Korean

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	um
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	um
McCune–Reischauer?	um
Yale Romanization?	wūm

Etymology 1

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 움 (Yale: wum).

Noun

움 • (um)

1. bud; shoot; sprout (at the earliest stage, hence not yet unfolded)

   Synonyms: 눈 (nun), 싹 (ssak)

Derived terms

• 움트다 (umteuda, “to bud; to sprout”)

 

Etymology 2

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 우ᇡ〮 (Yale: wúmh).

Noun

움 • (um)

1. dugout; pit

   Synonyms: 움막 (ummak), 움집 (umjip)

Derived terms

• 움막 (—幕, ummak, “dugout hut”)
• 움집 (umjip, “dugout hut”)