복

복 U+BCF5, 복 HANGUL SYLLABLE BOG Composition: ㅂ + ㅗ + ㄱ ← 보 [U+BCF4] Hangul Syllables 볶 → [U+BCF6]

보복볶볷본볹볺 볻볼볽볾볿봀봁 봂봃봄봅봆봇봈 봉봊봋봌봍봎봏
볘 ←	→ 봐

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [po̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [복]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bog
McCune–Reischauer?	pok
Yale Romanization?	pok

Sino-Korean word from 福, from the Middle Korean reading 복〮 (Yale: pwók).

복 • (bok) (hanja 福)

1. fortune, blessing, luck

   복을 받다 ― bog-eul batda ― to be blessed

See the hanja entry at 福 for Sino-Korean compounds of 복 (福, bok).

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

Possibly cognate with Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu).

복 • (bok)

1. Short for 복어 (bogeo, “blowfish; pufferfish”).

• 복섬 (bokseom, “grass puffer”)

Sino-Korean word from 鰒.

복 • (bok) (hanja 鰒)

1. Synonym of 전복(全鰒) (jeonbok, “abalone”)

• See the hanja entry at 鰒 for Sino-Korean compounds of 복 (鰒, bok).

Sino-Korean word from 複, from the Middle Korean reading 복〮 (Yale: pwók).

복— • (bok-) (hanja 複)

1. bi-, diplo-, double; complex, compound

   복수 (複數)

   plural number

   복굴절 (複屈折)

   birefringence

   복모음 (複母音)

   diphthong

   복소수 (複素數)

   complex number

• See the hanja entry at 複 for Sino-Korean compounds of 복 (複, bok).

Sino-Korean word from 服, from the Middle Korean reading 복〮 (Yale: pwók).

—복 • (-bok) (hanja 服)

1. clothes

   수영복 (水泳服)

   swimsuit

   한복 (韓服)

   Korean traditional suit

   운동복 (運動服)

   sportswear

   죄수복 (罪囚服)

   prison uniform

   학생복 (學生服)

   school uniform

• See the hanja entry at 服 for Sino-Korean compounds of 복 (服, bok).

See the main entry.

복 • (bok)

1. Gangwon, Seoul, and Chungcheong form of 부엌 (bueok, “kitchen”)
   • 2012 June 12, 변춘옥 [byeonchunok], “귀신을 태운 택시기사 [gwisineul tae'un taeksigisa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 강원도 태백시 삼수동 [gang'wondo taebaeksi samsudong]:

     그래미 고마 저 복문 열구 드가더래.

     Geurae-mi goma jeo bongmun yeol-gu deuga-deorae.

     So she opened the kitchen door and went inside.

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

복 (bok)