낯

낯	U+B0AF, 낯 HANGUL SYLLABLE NAC

Composition:

ㄴ + ㅏ + ㅊ

← 낮
[U+B0AE]

Hangul Syllables

낰 →
[U+B0B0]

끼 ←	→ 내
나 낙낚낛 난낝낞 낟 날 낡낢낣낤낥 낦낧남 납낪낫났 낭 낮낯낰낱낲낳

Korean

Alternative forms

낫 (nat) (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆾ (Yale: nòch). In Seoul Korean, largely displaced by 얼굴 (eolgul), which originally meant "appearance" in general but narrowed to "face" in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠t̚]
Phonetic hangul: [낟]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	nat
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	nach
McCune–Reischauer^?	nat
Yale Romanization^?	nach

Noun

낯 • (nat)

(less common or dialectal) face; countenance
Synonym: (more common) 얼굴 (eolgul)

느 낯 씪었나? (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
Neu nat ssikkeonna?
Did you wash your face?

웃는 낯에 침 을 뱉다
unneun nach-e chim-eul baetda
to spit on a laughing face
(uncommon) honour; face
Synonym: (more common) 체면(體面) (chemyeon)

선비 의 집 자식 으로 어디 내놓아 도 낯깎일 일 없을 놈 이었다.
Seonbi-ui jip jasig-euro eodi naenoa-do natkkakkil il eopseul nom-ieotda.
Being a man of scholar family, he was never to lose his honor anywhere.

Derived terms

낯짝 (natjjak, “face (humble)”)
낯설다 (natseolda, “to be unfamiliar; strange”)
낯익다 (nannikda, “to be familiar; acquainted”)
낯가리다 (natgarida, “to be shy”)

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