해

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 契 (Yale: hóy).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄒᆡ〮 (Yale: hóy).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɛ] ~ [he̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [해/헤]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 해의 / 해에 / 해까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable.

해 • (hae)

1. the Sun

   Synonym: 태양(太陽) (taeyang)

   해가 서쪽에서 뜨다.

   Hae-ga seojjog-eseo tteuda.

   (saying) The Sun rises from the west; i.e. something impossible.

   해가 진 다음, 날씨가 추워질 것이다.

   Hae-ga jin da'eum, nalssi-ga chuwojil geos-ida.

   The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.

2. sunlight; sunbeam

   이 방은 해가 잘 든다.

   I bang-eun hae-ga jal deunda.

   This room is well-illuminated by sunlight.

3. daytime

   Synonyms: 날 (nal), 낮 (nat)

4. year

   Synonym: 년(年) (nyeon)

• 달 (dal, “the Moon”)

해— • (hae-)

1. white

• 해맑다 (haemakda, “to be white and clean”)

Sino-Korean word from 害, from the Middle Korean reading 해 (Yale: hay).

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

해 • (hae) (hanja 害)

1. harm; damage; evil; injury

   해를 입다 ― hae-reul ipda ― to be harmed

   해를 끼치다 ― hae-reul kkichida ― to cause harm

• 해치다 (haechida)
• 해코지 (haekoji)
• See the hanja entry at 害 for Sino-Korean compounds of 해 (害, hae).

Sino-Korean word from 海.

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

—해 • (-hae) (hanja 海).

1. sea

   발트해 (발트海) ― Balteuhae ― the Baltic Sea

   베링해 (베링海) ― Beringhae ― the Bering Sea

   지중해 (地中海) ― the Mediterranean Sea

해 • (hae) (hanja 海)

1. sea; ocean

• See the hanja entry at 海 for Sino-Korean compounds of 해 (海, hae).

• 바다 (bada, native Korean)

Sino-Korean word from 解.

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

해 • (hae) (hanja 解)

1. (mathematics) the value of x

   다음 이차방정식의 해를 구하시오.

   Da'eum ichabangjeongsig-ui hae-reul guhasio.

   Find the value of x in the following quadratic equations.

• See the hanja entry at 解 for Sino-Korean compounds of 해 (解, hae).

Sino-Korean word from 垓.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɛ] ~ [he̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [해/헤]

해 • (hae) (hanja 垓)

1. 10²⁰

• See the hanja entry at 垓 for Sino-Korean compounds of 해 (垓, hae).

Contraction of 하여 (hayeo).

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

해 • (hae)

1. infinitive of 하다 (hada, “to do”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

해 (hae)