Top of the foot in Korean 🇰🇷

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top of the foot	발등

How to say “top of the foot” in Korean? “발등”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “발등” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on top of the foot in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to Remember the Korean Word:
• Recognize that 발 (bal) means “foot” and 등 (deung) means “back.” Visualize your foot with its “back” (instep) highlighted to connect it with 발등.
• Remember the combination as the top or upper surface of the foot.

Explanation:
• 발등 (bal-deung) refers to the top part of the foot, the area between the toes and the ankle, corresponding to what is known as the instep.

Other Words with the Same Meaning:
• There is no direct synonym commonly used in Korean for 발등; it is the standard term for the top of the foot. In English, it is equivalent to “instep.”

Alternate Meanings/Slang:
• In idiomatic expressions, 발등 is used in the phrase “불이 발등에 떨어지다” (buri bal-deunge tteoreojida), which means to be suddenly put in a crisis or to urgently face trouble, as if fire were falling on one’s foot.

Example Sentences:
1. Korean: 나는 새 신발을 신었더니 발등이 아팠다.
Romanization: Naneun sae sinbareul sineotdeoni baldeungi apatda.
Translation: When I wore the new shoes, the top of my foot hurt.

2. Korean: 프로젝트 마감이 다가오자, 사장님이 불이 발등에 떨어진 것처럼 나를 재촉했다.
Romanization: Peurojekteu magami dagaoja, sajangnimi buri baldeunge tteoreojin geotcheoreom nareul jaechukhaetta.
Translation: As the project deadline approached, the boss rushed me as if fire had fallen on his instep.

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