빛

빛	U+BE5B, 빛 HANGUL SYLLABLE BIC

Composition:

ㅂ + ㅣ + ㅊ

← 빚
[U+BE5A]

Hangul Syllables

빜 →
[U+BE5C]

븨 ←	→ 빠
비빅빆빇빈빉빊 빋빌빍빎빏빐빑 빒빓빔빕빖빗빘 빙 빚빛빜빝빞빟

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 빛〮 (Yale: pích).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pit̚]
Phonetic hangul: [빋]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bich
McCune–Reischauer^?	pit
Yale Romanization^?	pich

Noun

빛 • (bit)

light, gleam, glow
Synonym: 광(光) (gwang)

빛이 있어라.
Bich-i isseora.
Let there be light.
gloss, glaze, lustre, sheen
Synonyms: 윤(潤) (yun), 광택(光澤) (gwangtaek)
color, hue, tint
Synonyms: 색(色) (saek), 색깔 (saekkkal), 빛깔 (bitkkal)

바다 의 빛이 푸르다.
Bada-ui bich-i pureuda.
The color of the sea is blue.
(figurative) fame, hope, outlook

Derived terms

달빛 (dalbit, “moonlight”)
별빛 (byeolbit, “starlight”)
빛깔 (bitkkal, “colour”)
빛나다 (binnada, “(intransitive) to shine”)
빛내다 (binnaeda, “(transitive) to make shine”)
햇빛 (haetbit, “sunshine”)

Related terms

비추다 (bichuda, “(transitive) to shine”)
비치다 (bichida, “(intransitive) to be reflected”)

See also

밝다 (bakda, “to be bright; to dawn”)
보다 (boda, “(transitive) to see”)
보이다 (boida, “(intransitive) to be seen”)
光(광) (gwang, the hanja for "light")

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pít͡sʰ/, [pís̚]

Noun

빛〮 (pích) (isolated 빗〮 (pís), locative 비체〮 (pìch-éy), alternative locative 비〮체〮 (pích-éy))

light

Descendants

Korean: 빛 (bit)

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