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U+C720, 유
HANGUL SYLLABLE YU
Composition: +

[U+C71F]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C721]




위 ←→ 으

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading (Yale: yu).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ju(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yu
McCune–Reischauer?yu
Yale Romanization?

Noun

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(yu) (hanja )

  1. existence, being (especially in contrast to the concept of nothingness or non-existence)
    Antonym: 무(無) (mu, nothing, nothingness)
    에서 창조하다
    mu-eseo yu-reul changjohada
    to create something out of nothing

Prefix

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유— (yu-) (hanja )

  1. there is..., having...; a prefix indicating the existence of something
    의미 (意味)yuuimimeaningful
    자격 (資格)yujagyeokqualified (lit. having qualifications)

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading (Yale: lyu).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ju(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yu
McCune–Reischauer?yu
Yale Romanization?

Noun

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(yu) (hanja )

  1. Alternative form of 류(類) (ryu, type; kind; sort).
  2. (biology, taxonomy) a family or genus
Usage notes
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The prescriptive South Korean standard demands the pronunciation (yu) for this character when used as a noun, but (ryu) is by far the more common—the number of Google search results preliminarily suggest that (ryu) is about ten times more frequent than (yu). South Korean legal documents also regularly use the "incorrect" (ryu). In North Korea, only (ryu) is accepted.

Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English u.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yu
McCune–Reischauer?yu
Yale Romanization?yu

Noun

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(yu)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
Coordinate terms
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Etymology 4

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(yu)