암

• IPA^(key)[a̠m]
• Phonetic Hangul[암]

암 • (am)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅏ, and ㅁ.

Sino-Korean word from 癌 (“cancer”)

암 • (am) (hanja 癌)

1. cancer (illness)

• 폐암 (肺癌, pyeam, “lung cancer”)
• 간암 (肝癌, ganam, “liver cancer”)

• 악성종양 (惡性腫瘍, akseongjong-yang, “a malignant tumor; cancer”)

From Middle Korean 아ᇡ (amh). The final h leaves traces in fossilised compounds, changing following consonants into aspirated consonants, when possible.

암 • (am-)

1. female, she- (non-human)

• 암컷 (amkeot, “female animal”)
• 암소 (amso, “cow”)
• 암퇘지 (amtwaeji, “sow”)
• 암캐 (amkae, “bitch, she-dog”)
• 암말 (ammal, “mare”)
• 암꽃 (amkkot, “female flower”)
• 암탉 (amtak, “hen”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

암 (am)

1. 暗:

   (MC reading: 暗 (MC ʔʌm^H))

2. 巖:

   (MC reading: 巖 (MC ŋˠam))

3. 庵:

   (MC reading: 庵 (MC ʔʌm, ʔʌp̚))

4. 菴:

   (MC reading: 菴 (MC ʔʌm, ʔˠiᴇm))

5. 唵:

   (MC reading: 唵 (MC ʔʌm^X))

6. 闇:

   (MC reading: 闇 (MC ʔʌm^H))

7. 啽:

   (MC reading: 啽)

8. 媕:

   (MC reading: 媕 (MC ʔʌm, ʔˠiᴇm^X, ʔʌp̚))

9. 嵓:

   (MC reading: 嵓)

10. 晻:

    (MC reading: 晻 (MC ʔʌm^X, ʔˠiᴇm^X))

11. 腤:

    (MC reading: 腤 (MC ʔʌm))

12. 葊:

    (MC reading: 葊)

13. 蓭:

    (MC reading: 蓭)

14. 諳:

    (MC reading: 諳 (MC ʔʌm))

15. 頷:

    (MC reading: 頷 (MC ɦʌm, ɦʌm^X))

16. 馣:

    (MC reading: 馣 (MC ʔʌm))

17. 黯:

    (MC reading: 黯 (MC ʔˠɛm, ʔˠɛm^X))