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Etymology
First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 블(Yale: pul).
Possibly cognate with Old Japanese 火(pi2) (< Proto-Japonic *poy).
PRONUNCIATION
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [puɭ]
NOUN
불 • (bul)
- fire, flame불 타는 금.BUL taneun geum.Burning gold. (Fire-burning gold.)