북

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a generic term meaning drum
 * 2) a traditional Korean double-headed barrel-shaped drum, played with one hand and one stick, and used in Korean folk music

Etymology 1
likely cognate with.

Noun

 * 1) a generic term meaning drum
 * 2) a traditional Korean double-headed barrel-shaped drum, played with one hand and one stick, and used in Korean folk music

Noun

 * 1) a shuttle

Etymology 3
. Perhaps cognate with the above Etymology 1 and 2 in the sense of bulge.

Noun

 * 1) soil heap (around roots)

Etymology 4
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Noun

 * 1) north

Usage notes

 * In news headlines, this is customarily written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean texts otherwise devoid of Chinese characters.