못

See also: 못하다 and 㕦

못	U+BABB, 못 HANGUL SYLLABLE MOS

Composition:

몌 ←	→ 뫄
모 목 몪 몫 몬 몭 몮 몯 몰 몱 몲 몳 몴 몵 몶 몷 몸 몹 몺못몼 몽 몾 몿 뫀 뫁 뫂 뫃

Korean

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mos
McCune–Reischauer^?	mot
Yale Romanization^?	mos

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 못의 / 못에 / 못까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

못 • (mot)

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mos
McCune–Reischauer^?	mot
Yale Romanization^?	mos

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 못의 / 못에 / 못까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

못 • (mot)

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞(ː)t̚]
Phonetic hangul: [몯(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	mot
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mos
McCune–Reischauer^?	mot
Yale Romanization^?	mōs

못 • (mot)

cannot
나 오늘 못 가. ― Na oneul mot ga. ― I can't go today.
(by extension) poorly
Antonym: 잘 (jal, “well”)

왜 이렇게 그림 못 그려? ― Wae ireoke geurim mot geuryeo? ― Why do you draw so poorly?