밀

밀 • (mil)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅁ, ㅣ, and ㄹ.

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 밀 (Yale: mil).

• IPA^(key)[miɭ]
• Phonetic Hangul[밀]

밀 • (mil)

1. wheat

• 참밀 (chammil)
• 소맥 (小麥, somaek)

• 귀리 (gwiri, “oat”)
• 보리 (bori, “barley”)

Sino-Korean word from 蜜 (“honey”)

First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 밀 (Yale: mil).

• IPA^(key)[miːɭ]
• Phonetic Hangul[밀:]

밀 • (mil) (hanja 蜜)

1. beeswax
2. (only used in compounds) honey

• (beeswax): 밀랍 (蜜蠟, millap)
• (honey): 꿀 (kkul) (native Korean)

• 봉 (蜂, bong, “bee”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

밀 (mil)

1. 密: dense

   (eumhun reading: 빽빽할 밀 (ppaekppaekhal mil), MC reading: 密 (MC mˠiɪt̚))

2. 蜜: honey

   (eumhun reading: 꿀 밀 (kkul mil), MC reading: 蜜 (MC miɪt̚))

3. 謐:

   (MC reading: 謐 (MC miɪt̚))

4. 樒:

   (MC reading: 樒 (MC mˠiɪt̚))

5. 滵:

   (MC reading: 滵 (MC mˠiɪt̚))

6. 嘧:

   (MC reading: 嘧)

7. 宓:

   (MC reading: 宓 (MC miɪt̚, mˠiɪt̚))

8. 榓:

   (MC reading: 榓 (MC miɪt̚))

9. 櫁:

   (MC reading: 櫁)

10. 沕:

    (MC reading: 沕 (MC mˠiɪt̚))

11. 蔤:

    (MC reading: 蔤 (MC mˠiɪt̚))

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2018). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표／人名用漢字表, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo), page 17.
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.