U+B0AF, 낯
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끼 ←→ 내

Korean

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Alternative forms

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  • (nat) (obsolete)

Etymology

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First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆾ (Yale: nòch). In Seoul Korean, largely displaced by 얼굴 (eolgul), which originally meant "appearance" in general but narrowed to "face" in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nat
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nach
McCune–Reischauer?nat
Yale Romanization?nach

Noun

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(nat)

  1. (less common or dialectal) face; countenance
    Synonym: (more common) 얼굴 (eolgul)
    씪었나? (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
    neu nat ssikkeonna?
    Did you wash your face?
    웃는 뱉다
    unneun nach-e chim-eul baetda
    to spit on a laughing face
  2. (uncommon) honour; face
    Synonym: (more common) 체면(體面) (chemyeon)
    선비 자식으로 어디 내놓아 깎일 없을 이었다.
    Seonbi-ui jip jasig-euro eodi naenoa-do natkkakkil il eopseul nom-ieotda.
    Being a man of a scholarly family, he was never to lose his honor anywhere.

Derived terms

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