멱

멱	U+BA71, 멱 HANGUL SYLLABLE MYEOG

Composition:

ㅁ + ㅕ + ㄱ

← 며
[U+BA70]

Hangul Syllables

멲 →
[U+BA72]

메 ←	→ 몌
며멱멲 멳 면 멵 멶 멷 멸 멹 멺 멻 멼 멽 멾 멿 몀 몁 몂 몃 몄 명 몆 몇 몈 몉 몊 몋

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mjʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [멱]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	myeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	myeog
McCune–Reischauer^?	myŏk
Yale Romanization^?	myek

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

멱 • (myeok)

throat (the front of the neck)

Synonyms

(neck): 멱살 (myeoksal)

Antonyms

덜미 (deolmi, “nape (the back of the neck)”)
목덜미 (mokdeolmi, “nape (the back of the neck)”)

Derived terms

멱따다 (myeokttada, “to cut the throat”)
멱살 (myeoksal, “flesh or collar around the throat or front of the neck”)
멱씨름 (myeokssireum, “to struggle by grabbing the other's or each other's throat or collar”)
멱찌르다 (myeokjjireuda, “to pierce the throat”)

Related terms

목 (mok, “neck”)

See also

목구멍 (mokgumeong, “throat, gorge, gullet (perhaps including windpipe, trachea)”)
밥줄 (bapjul, “throat, gorge, gullet”)
숨구멍 (sumgumeong, “windpipe, trachea”)
숨통 (sumtong, “windpipe, trachea”)

Etymology 2

Regular contraction from 미역 (miyeok, “bathing”).

Noun

멱 • (myeok)

Contraction of 미역 (miyeok, “bathing”).

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

멱 (myeok)

冪:
(MC reading: 冪 (MC mek))
覓:
(MC reading: 覓 (MC mek))
幎:
(MC reading: 幎 (MC mek))

References

Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]

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