뺨

뺨 U+BEA8, 뺨
HANGUL SYLLABLE BBYAM
Composition:ㅃ + ㅑ + ㅁ
← 뺧
[U+BEA7] 		Hangul Syllables 뺩 →
[U+BEA9]
뺘뺙뺚뺛뺜뺝뺞
뺟뺠뺡뺢뺣뺤뺥
뺦뺧뺨뺩뺪뺫뺬
뺭뺮뺯뺰뺱뺲뺳
빼 ←→ 뺴

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam). Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677. as ᄲᅣᆷ (spyam), direct origin of the standard form. Compare dialectal forms 뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon), 빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam), 뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk), etc. and Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam).[1]

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppyam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppyam
McCune–Reischauer?ppyam
Yale Romanization?ppyam

Noun

뺨 • (ppyam)

  1. cheek
    • 2020, Olly Richards, Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners, page 9:
      정우는 줄리아의 양쪽 뺨에 뽀뽀를 했어요.
      Jeong'u-neun Jullia-ui yangjjok ppyam-e ppoppo-reul haesseoyo.
      Jung-woo kissed Julia on both cheeks.
  2. width (as of slim things)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 뺨따귀 (ppyamttagwi, “(humble) cheek”)

References
  1. Rei Fukui (2017 March 28) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第１集‎, 東京大学人文社会系研究科 韓国朝鮮文化研究室, pages 25-28
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