메밀

Alternative forms

 * (informal)

Etymology
From, probably  + , in reference to the shape of the seeds; compare English buckwheat. First attested in Sinicized form in the 1260s as, where 木 appears to be an ateji. First attested in Hangul form in 1518.

Reanalyzed in the nineteenth or early twentieth century as being equivalent to — + ; when Korean was standardized in the 1930s, the innovative form was chosen as standard.

Noun

 * 1) buckwheat,