매

매 U+B9E4, 매
HANGUL SYLLABLE MAE
Composition:ㅁ + ㅐ
Dubeolsik input:a-o
← 맣
[U+B9E3] 		Hangul Syllables 맥 →
[U+B9E5]

Korean

Etymology 1
매맥맦맧맨맩맪
맫맬맭맮맯맰맱
맲맳맴맵맶맷맸
맹맺맻맼맽맾맿
마 ←→ 먀

Syllable

매 • (mae)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅁ and ㅐ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 매 (may).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[me̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[매]
Revised Romanization? mae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? mae
McCune–Reischauer? mae
Yale Romanization? may

Noun

매 • (mae)

  1. hawk
  2. (specifically) the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
  3. baa

Etymology 3

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 매 (may).

Noun

매 • (mae)

  1. whip, cane

Etymology 4

Suffix

-—매 • (--mae)

  1. shape
    몸매 (mommae, “body-shape, figure”)
    눈매 (nunmae, “eye-shape, figure”)

See also
  • 맵시 (maepsi)
  • 태 (tae)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Determiner

매 • (mae) (hanja 每)

  1. every
    매 월 첫째주 ― mae wol cheotjjaeju ― the first week of every month
Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[me̞ː]
  • Phonetic Hangul[매]
Revised Romanization? mae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? mae
McCune–Reischauer? mae
Yale Romanization? māy
Derived terms
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