별

From Middle Korean 별〯 (Yale: pyěl), from Old Korean 星利 (*PYEli). In the Hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 별〯 (Yale: pyěl). Compare dialectal forms 비얼 (bieol), 밸 (bael), 베리 (beri), 빌 (bil), 벨 (bel), etc., some of which appear to preserve the original bisyllabic form.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjɘ(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [별(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 별의 / 별에 / 별까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

별 (byeol, “stars”)

별 • (byeol)

1. (astronomy) a star (celestial body)

   우리는 늦게 까지 깨어 있다가 별들을 올려다 보았다.

   Uri-neun neutge kkaji kkaeeo itdaga byeoldeureul ollyeoda boatda.

   We stayed up late and looked up at the stars [in the sky].

2. star (shape); a star symbol
3. (figuratively) a luminary, a leading light
4. (tarot) The Star (Tarot card)

• 星 (seong), the hanja for star

Sino-Korean word from 別.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [별]

별 • (byeol) (hanja 別)

1. special, extraordinary, different, unusual

   우리 둘 별 사이 아니야. (casual) ― Uri dul byeol sai aniya. ― There's nothing special going on between the two of us.

• See the hanja entry at 別 for Sino-Korean compounds of 별 (別, byeol).

From Old Korean 星利 (*PYEli).

• IPA^(key): /pjə̌l/

별〯 (pyěl) (locative 벼〯레〮 (pyěl-éy))

1. star

• Korean: 별 (byeol)