Hangul Syllable Mut

Use Korean 2-beolsik: A, N, X.

A gives ㅁ, N gives ㅜ, and X gives ㅌ; the Korean IME composes them into one syllable block. On another layout, enter the equivalent ㅁ + ㅜ + ㅌ sequence or copy it from the palette above.

What does 뭍 mean?

It means dry land, especially against water.

Use it for going ashore or for the mainland when an island is the contrast. Related words include 뭍사람, a land-dweller, and 뭍짐승, a land animal.

The word's history is lexical, not emblematic. Historical lexicography records it in Worin cheon'gangjigok in 1449; Middle Korean also used the locative form 무틔. Hangul was devised in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 to make Korean writing accessible, so 뭍 was made as an ordinary spellable syllable.

Does 뭍 mean shore or mainland?

Context decides: water makes it shore; island makes it mainland.

A 1592 naval history uses 뭍으로 for escape onto land, while a 1948 poem treats 뭍 as the mainland-facing direction of an island's longing. The core meaning stays land; the viewpoint changes.