# 입

| 입 | U+C785, &#51077; HANGUL SYLLABLE IB |
| Composition: | ㅇ + ㅣ + ㅂ |
| ← 임 [U+C784] | Hangul Syllables | 잆 → [U+C786] |
이익읶읷인읹읺 읻일읽읾읿잀잁 잂잃임입잆잇있 잉잊잋잌잍잎잏 :
| 의 ← | → 자 |

## Korean

Picture dictionary :
입
두개골
뇌
눈
입술
코
입
턱
귀
관자놀이
목 :

### Etymology 1

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 邑 (Yale: *ip). Compare Japanese 言う (iu, “to say”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ip̚]
** Audio:(file)
* Phonetic hangul: [입]
South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 입의 / 입에 / 입까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

#### Noun

입 • (ip)
* (anatomy) mouth
* lips
* (figurative, metonymically) a man's word
* (figurative, metonymically) the number of people who eat food

##### Synonyms

* 구 (口, gu): mouth, entrance
* (vulgar) 아가리 (agari): wide mouth (of bowls, etc.; vulgar for men)
* (vulgar) 주둥이 (judung'i): narrow mouth (of bottles, animals, etc.; vulgar for men)

##### Derived terms

* 입가 (ipga, “lips”)
* 입거웃 (ipgeout, “moustache”)
* 입속 (ipsok, “oral cavity”)
* 입술 (ipsul, “lip”)
* 입시울 (ipsiul, “(obsolete) lip”)
* 입씨름 (ipssireum, “dispute; altercation”)
* 입언저리 (ibeonjeori, “lips”)
* 입천장 (ipcheonjang, “palate”)

##### See also

(noun):
* 목구멍 (mokgumeong, “throat”)
* 목젖 (mokjeot, “uvula”)
* 볼 (bol, “cheek”)
* 뺨 (ppyam, “cheek”)
* 이 (i, “tooth”)
* 잇몸 (inmom, “gum”)
* 턱 (teok, “chin; jaw”)
* 혀 (hyeo, “tongue”)
(verb):
* 마시다 (masida, “to drink; to inhale”)
* 말하다 (malhada, “to say”)
* 맛보다 (matboda, “to taste”)
* 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)
* 물다 (mulda, “to bite”)
* 뱉다 (baetda, “to spit”)
* 불다 (bulda, “to blow”)
* 빨다 (ppalda, “to suck”)
* 삼키다 (samkida, “to swallow”)
* 숨쉬다 (sumswida, “to breathe”)
* 씹다 (ssipda, “to chew”)
* 침흘리다 (chimheullida, “to salivate”)
* 핥다 (halda, “to lick”)
(other terms):
* 구무 (gumu, “(obsolete) hole, cavity”)
* 말 (mal, “language”)
* 맛 (mat, “taste”)
* 숨 (sum, “breath”)
* 잎 (ip, “leaf”)
* 침 (chim, “saliva”)

#### Counter

입 • (ip)
* a unit that counts the amount of food that can be eaten at a time.
    한 입만 ― han imman ― Just one bite (please)

#### References

* ↑ Ho-min Sonh (2015) “Middle Korean and Pre-Modern Korean”, in Lucien Brown, Jaehoon Yeon, editors, The Handbook of Korean Linguistics‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 441

### Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

입 • (ip)
* 入:
    (MC reading: 入 (MC nyip))
* 廿:
    (MC reading: 廿 (MC nyip))
* 卄: Alternative form of 廿
    (MC reading: 卄)

### Etymology 3

South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 립 (rip).

#### Syllable

입 • (ip)
* (South Korea) 立:
    (MC reading: 立 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 笠:
    (MC reading: 笠 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 粒:
    (MC reading: 粒 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 砬:
    (MC reading: 砬 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 岦:
    (MC reading: 岦 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 苙:
    (MC reading: 苙 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 雴:
    (MC reading: 雴 (MC trhip))
* (South Korea) 鴗:
    (MC reading: 鴗 (MC lip))
* (South Korea) 湁:
    (MC reading: 湁 (MC trhip))
* (South Korea) 䶘:
    (MC reading: 䶘 (MC lip))

##### Usage notes

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 립 (rip) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 립 (rip) to 입 (ip) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

##### Alternative forms

* 립 (rip) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

#### 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).