벼슬

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 벼슬〮 (Yale: pyèsúl).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹sʰɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [벼슬]

벼슬 • (byeoseul)

1. government official, officialdom
2. (South Gyeongsang, Chungcheong) synonym of 볏 (byeot): crest, cockscomb

• 볓 (byeot, “(obsolete) crest”)

• (officialdom):
  • 감투 (gamtu, “official headgear”)
  • 관직(官職) (gwanjik)
• (cockscomb):
  • 계관(鷄冠) (gyegwan)

• 낙향(落鄕) (nakhyang, literally “rustication, going to reside in the country”)

• 벼슬길 (byeoseulgil, “the way to officialdom”)
• 벼슬살이 (byeoseulsari, “official life”)
• 벼슬아치 (byeoseurachi, “official”)
• 벼슬하다 (byeoseulhada, “to enter officialdom”)