숲

See also: 金

숲 U+C232, 숲 HANGUL SYLLABLE SUP Composition: ㅅ + ㅜ + ㅍ ← 숱 [U+C231] Hangul Syllables 숳 → [U+C233]

숲 (sup)

Korean

수숙숚숛순숝숞 숟술숡숢숣숤숥 숦숧숨숩숪숫숬 숭숮숯숰숱숲숳
쇼 ←	→ 숴

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 숲 (Yale: swuph). Also attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 숳 (Yale: swuh).

Abbreviation for 수풀 (supul).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰup̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [숩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sup
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sup
McCune–Reischauer?	sup
Yale Romanization?	swuph

Noun

숲 • (sup)

1. a forest or grove

   단풍이 들어 숲이 불타는 듯했다.

   Danpung-i deureo sup-i bultaneun deuthaetda.

   The woods were aflame with autumn colours.

Derived terms

• 대나무숲 (daenamusup, “bamboo grove”)
• 숲들쥐 (supdeuljwi, “northern red-backed vole”)
• 북(北)숲쥐 (buksupjwi, “wood mouse”)
• 숲비둘기 (supbidulgi, “wood pigeon”)
• 반점(斑點)숲비둘기 (banjeomsupbidulgi, “speckled wood pigeon”)
• 별숲 (byeolsup, “the night sky”)
• 솔숲 (solsup, “pine tree forest”)
• 나무숲 (namusup, “a thick forest”)
• 맹그로브 숲 (maenggeurobeu sup, “mangrove forest”)
• 빈숲 (binsup, “deciduous forest”)
• 숲지다 (supjida, “wooded, dense with trees”)
• 숲나이 (sumnai, “the age of a forest”)
• 동갑(同甲)숲 (donggapsup, “an afforestated area”)
• 숲지도(地圖) (supjido, “forest distribution map”)
• 방천(防川)숲 (bangcheonsup, “a forest created to prevent flooding”)
• 숲개밀 (supgaemil, “Brachypodium sylvaticum”)
• 덤불숲 (deombulsup, “undergrowth forest”)
• 그늘숲 (geuneulsup, “shade forest”)