업

업 U+C5C5, 업
HANGUL SYLLABLE EOB
Composition:ㅇ + ㅓ + ㅂ
← 엄
[U+C5C4] 		Hangul Syllables 없 →
[U+C5C6]
어억얶얷언얹얺
얻얼얽얾얿엀엁
엂엃엄업없엇었
엉엊엋엌엍엎엏
얘 ←→ 에
See also: -어ᇦ-

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eob
McCune–Reischauer?ŏp
Yale Romanization?ep

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 業 (“work; karma”).

Noun

업 • (eop) (hanja 業)

  1. (literary) work, job (especially lifelong work)
    망나니 노릇이 그의 종생의 업이었다.
    Mangnani noreus-i geu-ui jongsaeng-ui eob-ieotda.
    The business of executioner was his lifelong work.
  2. (Buddhism, figurative) karma
    잇따른 비운도 내 업이라 생각한다.
    Itttareun biun-do nae eob-ira saenggak-handa.
    I consider the continuing tragedies, too, to be my karma.
  3. (folk religion, shamanism) [~신(神)] A household spirit of wealth, often thought to appear in the form of various wild animals.
    우리 집에 긴업이 들었으니 경사스러운 일일세.
    Uri jib-e gineob-i deureosseuni gyeongsaseureoun ir-ilse.
    A lucky snake has come into our house, what an auspicious event!

Suffix

—업 • (-eop) (hanja 業)

  1. industry

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

업 (eop)

Extended content
  1. 業: profession; karma
    (eumhun reading: 업 업 (eop eop))
    (MC reading: 業 (MC ngjaep))
  2. 嶪: high and difficult in terrain
    (eumhun reading: 높고 험할 업 (nopgo heomhal eop))
    (MC reading: 嶪 (MC ngjaep))
  3. 嶫: treacherous in terrain
    (eumhun reading: 험준할 업 (heomjunhal eop))
    (MC reading: 嶫)
  4. 鄴: capital of the kingdom of Wei
    (eumhun reading: 위나라 서울 업 (winara seoul eop))
    (MC reading: 鄴 (MC ngjaep))
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