멱

멱 U+BA71, 멱 HANGUL SYLLABLE MYEOG Composition: ㅁ + ㅕ + ㄱ ← 며 [U+BA70] Hangul Syllables 멲 → [U+BA72]

며멱멲멳면멵멶 멷멸멹멺멻멼멽 멾멿몀몁몂몃몄 명몆몇몈몉몊몋
메 ←	→ 몌

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)

1. 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)

1. Contraction of 미역 (miyeok, “bathing”).

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

멱 • (myeok)

1. 冪:

   (MC reading: 冪 (MC mek))

2. 覓:

   (MC reading: 覓 (MC mek))

3. 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]