# 암

| 암 | U+C554, &#50516; HANGUL SYLLABLE AM |
| Composition: | ㅇ + ㅏ + ㅁ |
| ← 앓 [U+C553] | Hangul Syllables | 압 → [U+C555] |
아악앆앇안앉않 앋알앍앎앏앐앑 앒앓암압앖앗았 앙앚앛앜앝앞앟 :
| 씨 ← | → 애 |

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 癌 (“cancer”)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [a̠(ː)m]
* Phonetic hangul: [암(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

암 • (am) (hanja 癌)
* cancer (illness)

##### Derived terms

* 간암 (肝癌, ganam, “liver cancer”)
* 기저세포암 (基底細胞癌, gijeosepoam, “basal cell carcinoma”)
* 뇌암 (腦癌, noeam, “brain cancer”)
* 설암 (舌癌, seoram, “tongue cancer”)
* 암종 (癌腫, amjong, “carcinoma”)
* 폐암 (肺癌, pyeam, “lung cancer”)
* 피부암 (皮膚癌, pibuam, “skin cancer”)

##### See also

* 악성종양 (惡性腫瘍, akseongjong'yang, “a malignant tumor; cancer”)

### Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. From Middle Korean 아ᇡ (Yale: amh). The final h leaves traces in fossilized compounds, changing following consonants into aspirated consonants, when possible, such as 암컷 (amkeot), 암캐 (amkae) or 암탉 (amtak).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [a̠m]
* Phonetic hangul: [암]

#### Prefix

암 • (am-)
* female; she- (non-human)

##### Antonyms

* 수 (su, “male; he-”)

##### Derived terms

* 암고양이 (amgoyang'i, “female cat”)
* 암꽃 (amkkot, “female flower”)
* 암꿩 (amkkwong, “female pheasant”)
* 암말 (ammal, “mare”)
* 암소 (amso, “cow”)
* 암캐 (amkae, “bitch; female dog”)
* 암컷 (amkeot, “female animal”)
* 암탉 (amtak, “hen”)
* 암탕나귀 (amtangnagwi, “jenny”)
* 암퇘지 (amtwaeji, “sow”)

### Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

암 • (am)
* 暗: darkness; secret
    (eumhun reading: 어두울 암 (eoduul am)) (MC reading: 暗 (MC 'omH))
* 巖:
    (MC reading: 巖 (MC ngaem))
* 庵: hut
    (eumhun reading: 암자 암 (amja am)) (MC reading: 庵 (MC 'om))
* 菴:
    (MC reading: 菴 (MC 'om))
* 唵:
    (MC reading: 唵 (MC 'omX))
* 癌: cancer
    (eumhun reading: 암 암 (am am)) (MC reading: 癌)
* 闇:
    (MC reading: 闇 (MC 'omH))
* 啽:
    (MC reading: 啽)
* 媕:
    (MC reading: 媕 (MC 'om))
* 嵓:
    (MC reading: 嵓)
* 晻: Alternative form of 暗
    (MC reading: 晻 (MC 'omX))
* 腤:
    (MC reading: 腤 (MC 'om))
* 葊:
    (MC reading: 葊)
* 蓭:
    (MC reading: 蓭)
* 諳:
    (MC reading: 諳 (MC 'om))
* 頷:
    (MC reading: 頷 (MC hom|homX))
* 馣:
    (MC reading: 馣 (MC 'om))
* 黯: dark; sullen
    (MC reading: 黯 (MC 'eam|'eamX))
* 岩: Alternative form of 巖
    (MC reading: 岩 (MC ngaem))
* 俺:
    (MC reading: 俺 (MC -))
* 匼:
    (MC reading: 匼)
* 厭: to detest
    (eumhun reading: 싫어할 암 (sireohal am)) (MC reading: 厭 (MC -))
* 喑: to be deaf, mute; cry ceaselessly
    (MC reading: 喑 (MC 'om))
* 㘙:
    (MC reading: 㘙 (MC -))
* 埯:
    (MC reading: 埯 (MC 'amX))
* 堷:
    (MC reading: 堷)
* 壧:
    (MC reading: 壧)
* 嵒:
    (MC reading: 嵒 (MC ngeam))
* 揞:
    (MC reading: 揞 (MC 'omX))
* 痷:
    (MC reading: 痷)
* 盦: Alternative form of 庵
    (MC reading: 盦 (MC 'om))
* 碞:
    (MC reading: 碞 (MC ngeam))
* 礹: Alternative form of 巖
    (MC reading: 礹 (MC ngaem))
* 罯:
    (MC reading: 罯 (MC 'omX))
* 萻:
    (MC reading: 萻)
* 裺:
    (MC reading: 裺 (MC -))
* 雸:
    (MC reading: 雸)
* 韽:
    (MC reading: 韽 (MC 'om))
* 顉:
    (MC reading: 顉 (MC ngomX))
* 鵪:
    (MC reading: 鵪 (MC 'om))
* 麙:
    (MC reading: 麙 (MC ngeam))
* 黤: blue-black
    (MC reading: 黤 (MC 'omX|'aemX))
* 黭:
    (MC reading: 黭 (MC 'omX))
* 黶:
    (MC reading: 黶 (MC -))

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 27.
* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.