미륵

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 彌勒, from Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [miɾɯk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [미륵]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Mireuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Mileug
McCune–Reischauer?	Mirŭk
Yale Romanization?	miluk

Form from Sino-Korean	미륵(彌勒) (Mireuk)
Form from Standard Mandarin	미러 (Mireo)

Proper noun

미륵 • (Mireuk) (hanja 彌勒)

1. (Buddhism) Maitreya

Derived terms

• 미륵보살 (Mireukbosal)