빗

빗 U+BE57, 빗 HANGUL SYLLABLE BIS Composition: ㅂ + ㅣ + ㅅ ← 빖 [U+BE56] Hangul Syllables 빘 → [U+BE58]

비빅빆빇빈빉빊 빋빌빍빎빏빐빑 빒빓빔빕빖빗빘 빙빚빛빜빝빞빟
븨 ←	→ 빠

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 빛 (bit).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽pis⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [pit̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [빋]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bis
Yale Romanization?	pis

Noun

빗 (bit)

1. light

References

• “빗” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

빗

Etymology 1

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 빗 (Yale: pis).

Possibly an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese 篦 (OC *bis, “comb”). The Sino-Korean reading is 비 (篦, bi).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pit̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [빋]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bis
McCune–Reischauer?	pit
Yale Romanization?	pis

Noun

빗 • (bit)

1. comb (toothed or serrated)

   소녀가 핑크색 빗으로 머리를 빗고 있습니다.

   Sonyeoga pingkeusaek biseuro meorireul bitgo itseumnida.

   A girl is combing her hair with a pink comb.

Derived terms

• 빗등 (bitdeung)
• 빗질 (bitjil, “combing”)
• 알레빗 (allebit, “coarse-tooth comb”)
• 참빗 (chambit, “fine-tooth comb”)

Related terms

• 빗다 (bitda, “to comb”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 빗 (Yale: pis).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pit̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [빋]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bis
McCune–Reischauer?	pit
Yale Romanization?	pis

Prefix

빗 • (bit)

1. A prefix that adds the meaning of slope (in front of some verbs).

   빗대다. ― Bitdaeda. ― to allude to

2. A prefix that adds the meaning of wrong to some verbs.

   빗나가다. ― Binnagada. ― to miss, go wide

3. A prefix that adds the meaning of slope ( in front of some nouns).

   빗금 ― bitgeum ― oblique line