업

업 U+C5C5, 업 HANGUL SYLLABLE EOB Composition: ㅇ + ㅓ + ㅂ ← 엄 [U+C5C4] Hangul Syllables 없 → [U+C5C6]

어억얶얷언얹얺 얻얼얽얾얿엀엁 엂엃엄업없엇었 엉엊엋엌엍엎엏
얘 ←	→ 에

See also: -어ᇦ-

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [업]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eob
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏp
Yale Romanization?	ep

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 業 (“work; karma”).

Noun

업 • (eop) (hanja 業)

1. (literary) work, job (especially lifelong work)

   망나니 노릇이 그의 종생의 업이었다.

   Mangnani noreus-i geu-ui jongsaeng-ui eob-ieotda.

   The business of executioner was his lifelong work.

2. (Buddhism, figurative) karma

   잇따른 비운도 내 업이라 생각한다.

   Itttareun biun-do nae eob-ira saenggak-handa.

   I consider the continuing tragedies, too, to be my karma.

3. (folk religion, shamanism) [~신(神)] A household spirit of wealth, often thought to appear in the form of various wild animals.

   우리 집에 긴업이 들었으니 경사스러운 일일세.

   Uri jib-e gineob-i deureosseuni gyeongsaseureoun ir-ilse.

   A lucky snake has come into our house, what an auspicious event!

Suffix

—업 • (-eop) (hanja 業)

1. industry

Derived terms

• 긴업 (gineop, “lucky snake”)
• See the hanja entry at 業 for Sino-Korean compounds of 업 (業, eop).

Etymology 2

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

업 • (eop)

More information

1. 業: profession; karma

   (eumhun reading: 업 업 (eop eop))
   (MC reading: 業 (MC ngjaep))

2. 嶪: high and difficult in terrain

   (eumhun reading: 높고 험할 업 (nopgo heomhal eop))
   (MC reading: 嶪 (MC ngjaep))

3. 嶫: treacherous in terrain

   (eumhun reading: 험준할 업 (heomjunhal eop))
   (MC reading: 嶫)

4. 鄴: capital of the kingdom of Wei

   (eumhun reading: 위나라 서울 업 (winara seoul eop))
   (MC reading: 鄴 (MC ngjaep))