하늘

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Jilin Leishi (雞林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Early Middle Korean 漢㮈 (reconstructed *hanól).[1] In the Korean alphabet: First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 하ᄂᆞᆶ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ha̠nɯɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[하늘]
Revised Romanization? haneul
Revised Romanization (translit.)? haneul
McCune–Reischauer? hanŭl
Yale Romanization? hanul

Noun

하늘 • (haneul)

  1. sky
  2. (chiefly Confucianism) heaven
    하늘이 무섭지 않는가?
    Haneuri museopji anneun-ga?
    Do you not fear heaven?
  3. (Christianity) heavenly god
  4. (obsolete) palate

Synonyms
  • 천 (天, cheon, “sky, heaven”)
  • 천공 (天空, cheon-gong, “sky”)
  • 천궁 (天穹, cheon-gung, “(literally) sky dome”)
  • 공 (空, gong, “(mainly) void”)
  • 궁 (穹, gung, “dome”)

Antonyms
  • 땅 (ttang, “earth”)

Derived terms
  • 하늘나라 (haneullara, “Heaven, paradise”)
  • 하늘빛 (haneulbit, “sky blue”)
  • 하느님 (haneunim, “(secular) heavenly god”)

See also
  • 하나 (hana, “one”)
  • 하나님 (hananim, “(Christian) heavenly god”)
  • 한울님 (hanullim, “(Cheondogyo) heavenly god”)
  • 구무 (gumu, “(obsolete) hole, cavity”)

References
  1. Ho-min Sonh (2015), “Middle Korean and Pre-Modern Korean”, in Lucien Brown, Jaehoon Yeon, editors, The Handbook of Korean Linguistics‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 441
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