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Korean
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 手 (手, “hand, way”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú). However, the dependent noun is usually not written in hanja.
The word somewhat displaced the native dependent noun 줄 (jul, “fact, ability”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
(file)
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Dependent noun
수 • (su) (usually no hanja; sometimes 手)
- (after verbal or adjectival adnominals) way, means, possibility, ability; used to express ability, in constructions equivalent to the English modal "can"
- 그러는 수밖에 없겠네.
- geureoneun suBakke eopgenne.
- I suppose that's all you can do.
- (literally, “[I suppose] there is no way but to do that.”)
- 움직일 수가 없다.
- umjigil su-ga eopda.
- I can't move.
- (literally, “I lack the ability to move.”)
- 중국을 갔을 수도 있어요.
- junggug-eul gasseul su-do isseo-yo.
- He might have gone to China as well.
- (literally, “There is also the possibility that he went to China.”)
Usage notes
- Some speakers mistakenly believe that the element 수 (su) in the suffix 을수록 (eulsurok, “the more...”) is this dependent noun, but in reality this is a reflex of Middle Korean ᄉᆞ (Yale: so).
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 手)
- (board games) move
- 한 수만 더 두면 외통수다.
- han su-man deo dumyeon oetongsuda.
- Just one more move, and it's checkmate.
- (originally board games, also figurative) ability, talent, skill
- 최소한 영어는 내가 걔보단 한 수 위야.
- choesohan yeong'eo-neun nae-ga gyaebodan han su wi-ya.
- At the very least, my skill in English is a notch better than hers.
Suffix
—수 • (-su) (hanja 手)
- -er; -ist
Derived terms
- 꼼수 (kkomsu)
- 외통수 (oetongsu)
- See the hanja entry at 手 (手) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (手, su).
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 數 (數, “number”), from the Middle Korean reading 수〯 (Yale: swǔ).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swū |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 수의 / 수에 / 수까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 數)
- number
- Synonyms: 숫자 (sutja), 개수 (gaesu)
- (less common) destiny, fate (especially a favorable one)
- Synonym: 운수(運數) (unsu)
Determiner
수 • (su) (hanja 數)
- a few, several
- 수 킬로미터 ― su killomiteo ― several kilometers
- 수십 명 ― susip myeong ― several tens of people
Usage notes
When used before a numeral, this word is not spaced.
Derived terms
- 수없다 (sueopda, “to be countless”)
- 수없이 (sueopsi, “countlessly”)
- See the hanja entry at 數 (數) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (數, su).
Etymology 3
First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 숳〮 (Yale: swúh).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
(file)
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Noun
수 • (su)
- (uncommon, usually used as a prefix) male (non-human)
- Synonym: (much more common) 수컷 (sukeot)
- Antonym: 암 (am, “female”)
Prefix
수— • (su-)
- male (non-human)
- Antonym: 암 (am, “female”)
- (of objects that fit together) protruding
- Antonym: 암 (am, “concave, curving inwards”)
Usage notes
As the relic of the Middle Korean coda /-h/ now lost in Modern Korean, the prefix usually aspirates a subsequent plosive.
Derived terms
- 수꿩 (sukkwong, “male pheasant”)
- 수나사 (sunasa, “bolt”)
- 수놈 (sunom, “male animal”)
- 수소 (suso, “male cow”)
- 수캉아지 (sukang'aji, “male puppy”)
- 수캐 (sukae, “male dog”)
- 수컷 (sukeot, “male animal”)
- 수탉 (sutak, “rooster”)
- 수탕나귀 (sutangnagwi, “jackass”)
- 수퇘지 (sutwaeji, “male pig”)
- 수평아리 (supyeong'ari, “male chick”)
- 수코양이 (sukoyang'i, “male cat”)
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 水 (水, “water”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
(file)
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 水)
- water, as one of the Five Phases of East Asian cosmology
- Synonym: (in general) 물 (mul, “water”)
- Coordinate terms: 목(木) (mok, “tree”), 화(火) (hwa, “fire”), 토(土) (to, “earth”), 금(金) (geum, “metal”)
- Hypernym: 오행(五行) (ohaeng, “Five Phases”)
- Short for 수요일(水曜日) (suyoil): Wednesday
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 水 (水) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (水, su).
Etymology 5
Sino-Korean word from 繡 (繡, “embroidering”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〯 (Yale: syǔ).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swū |
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 繡)
- embroidering (in cloth)
- 비단에 수를 놓다 ― bidan-e su-reul nota ― to embroider silk
- Synonym: 자수(刺繡) (jasu)
Derived terms
- 수(繡)를 놓다 (su-reul nota)
- See the hanja entry at 繡 (繡) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (繡, su).
Etymology 6
Sino-Korean word from 首 (首, “head”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
(file)
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Counter
수 • (su) (hanja 首)
- A counter for poems.
- (formal) A counter for animals.
- Synonym: (more common) 마리 (mari)
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 首 (首) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (首, su).
Etymology 7
Sino-Korean word from 受 (受, “accept”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈 (Yale: syù).
The sense of "bottom" is orthographic borrowing from Japanese 受け (uke).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
(file)
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 受)
- (Buddhism, philosophy) vedanā (sensation in Buddhist philosophy)
- (slang) bottom (in a gay sexual relationship)
- Synonym: 바텀 (bateom)
- Antonym: 공(攻) (gong)
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 受 (受) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (受, su).
Etymology 8
Sino-Korean word from 髓 (髓, “bone marrow”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〯 (Yale: syǔ).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 髓)
- (logging) pith (of wood)
- Synonym: 수심(樹心) (susim)
- (uncommon) bone marrow
- Synonym: 골수(骨髓) (golsu)
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 髓 (髓) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (髓, su).
Etymology 9
Sino-Korean word from 隋 (隋, “the Sui”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | Su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | Su |
McCune–Reischauer? | Su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Proper noun
수 • (Su) (hanja 隋)
- (formal, academic) the Sui, a short-lived Chinese dynasty
- Synonym: 수나라 (Sunara, “the Sui”, usual non-academic term)
Usage notes
As with all historical Chinese polities with a single-character name, the Sui are usually referred to with the suffix 나라 (nara, “nation, country”) as 수나라 (Sunara, “the Sui country”) outside of academia.
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 隋 (隋) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (隋, su).
Etymology 10
Sino-Korean word from 守 (守, “defend”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | su |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | su |
McCune–Reischauer? | su |
Yale Romanization? | swu |
Noun
수 • (su) (hanja 守)
- (historical) From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, two government offices both belonging to the 정사품(正四品) (jeongsapum, “upper degree of the fourth rank of government”):
- An office supervising court food supplies
- An honorary office given to distant royal relatives
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 守 (守) for Sino-Korean compounds of 수 (守, su).
Etymology 11
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
수 (su)
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References
- Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).