박

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 박〮 (Yale: pák).

However, the twelfth-century history Samguk sagi's explanation of the surname 박(朴) (bak), given below, reveals that the word was used at least as early as 1145, and (if the Sagi's account is to be believed) as early as the first century B.C.E.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 박의 / 박에 / 박까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

박 • (bak)

1. gourd, calabash
2. gourd shell (used as a bottle, dipper, etc.)
3. (vulgar) head

   Synonym: (more common) 대가리 (daegari)

Modern Korean reading of Hanja 朴.

According to the Samguk sagi, a history written in 1145, the surname was chosen because the legendary founder of the lineage was born from an egg as big as a calabash. Hence the word is the same as "calabash" above.[1] However, some modern scholars have instead seen a connection to ᄇᆞᆰ (Yale: pòlk-, “to be bright”), whence modern 밝다 (bakda).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (Bak) (hanja 朴)

1. a surname from Old Korean. The first royal surname of the kingdom of Silla, hence the oldest Korean surname in widespread use; the third most common surname among Koreans today.

• The surname is usually romanized as Park, although this only works faithfully in a non-rhotic (e.g., British) English accent.

Sino-Korean word from 拍 (“to pat; classifier for beats”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (bak) (hanja 拍)

1. (music) beat

   Synonym: 박자(拍子) (bakja)

2. (historical, music) bak, an instrument in court music

• 박(拍) (bak) is more common as a classifier for counting beats, and 박자(拍子) (bakja) is more common when referring to the concept of beats.

• See the hanja entry at 拍 for Sino-Korean compounds of 박 (拍, bak).

Onomatopoeic.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (bak)

1. Conveys the sound of scratching.
2. Conveys the sound of tearing of paper or fabric.

Sino-Korean word from 泊 (“to stay”). Compare Japanese 泊(はく) (haku).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (bak) (hanja 泊)

1. nights stayed (in a journey, a trip)

   1박 2일 ― il-bak i-il ― [a trip of] one night and two days; a trip beginning on a morning and ending on the next day's evening

• See the hanja entry at 泊 for Sino-Korean compounds of 박 (泊, bak).

Probably a Sino-Korean word from 博 (“to gamble”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (bak)

1. (uncommon, idiomatic) being the banker or dealer in gambling; the banker or dealer

   박을 쥐다 ― bag-eul jwida ― to become the dealer

박 • (bak)

1. (uncommon, idiomatic) unit of money spent during a round of gambling

   한 박 먹다 ― han bak meokda ― to win a round of gambling

Probably a Sino-Korean word from 撲 (“to strike”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (bak)

1. (rare) criticism

   Synonym: 타박 (tabak)

Of native Korean origin. Probably from the verb 박다 (bakda, “to insert, to block”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [박]

박 • (bak)

1. (rare) item used to stop leakage in the planks of a (traditional) ship

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

박 (bak)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).