널

널 U+B110, 널 HANGUL SYLLABLE NEOL Composition: ㄴ + ㅓ + ㄹ ← 넏 [U+B10F] Hangul Syllables 넑 → [U+B111]

너넉넊넋넌넍넎 넏널넑넒넓넔넕 넖넗넘넙넚넛넜 넝넞넟넠넡넢넣
냬 ←	→ 네

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 널〯 (Yale: něl).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	neol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	neol
McCune–Reischauer?	nŏl
Yale Romanization?	nēl

Noun

널 • (neol)

1. panel, board, plank

   Synonym: 널빤지 (neolppanji)

2. seesaw, teeter-totter : a structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down

   Synonym: 널판 (neolpan)

3. coffin, casket

   Synonym: 관(棺) (gwan)

Derived terms

• 널다리 (neoldari, “wooden footbridge”)
• 널뛰기 (neolttwigi, “Korean acrobatic seesawing, or makeshift jumping on the plank”)
• 널뛰다 (neolttwida, “to play the Korean traditional seesaw”, literally “to jump on the plank”)
• 널판(板) (neolpan)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [널]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	neol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	neol
McCune–Reischauer?	nŏl
Yale Romanization?	nel

Pronoun

널 • (neol)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 너를 (neo-reul, “you”, in the accusative case)

Etymology 3

Verb

널 • (neol)

1. future determiner of 널다 (neolda)