역

역

역 U+C5ED, 역 HANGUL SYLLABLE YEOG Composition: ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄱ ← 여 [U+C5EC] Hangul Syllables 엮 → [U+C5EE]

Korean

여역엮엯연엱엲 엳열엵엶엷엸엹 엺엻염엽엾엿였 영옂옃옄옅옆옇
에 ←	→ 예

부산역

busanyeok

Busan Station

Etymology

Korean reading of various hanja.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [역]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeog
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏk
Yale Romanization?	yek

Noun

역 • (yeok)

1. (驛) (railway, subway) station
2. (役) theatric or cinematic role
3. (譯) translation
4. (逆) the opposite; specifically the converse
5. (域) (taxonomy) domain

Syllable

역 (yeok)

1. 易: changing

   (eumhun reading: 바꿀 역 (bakkul yeok))
   (MC reading: 易 (MC jiᴇ^H, jiᴇk̚))

2. 域: boundary

   (eumhun reading: 지경 역 (jigyeong yeok))
   (MC reading: 域 (MC ɦwɨk̚))

3. 役: wielding

   (eumhun reading: 부릴 역 (buril yeok))
   (MC reading: 役 (MC jwiᴇk̚))

4. 歷: passing time

   (eumhun reading: 지낼 역 (jinael yeok))
   (MC reading: 歷 (MC lek̚))

5. 亦: also

   (eumhun reading: 또 역 (tto yeok))
   (MC reading: 亦 (MC jiᴇk̚))

6. 驛: station

   (eumhun reading: 정거장 역 (jeonggeojang yeok))
   (MC reading: 驛 (MC jiᴇk̚))

7. 逆: to oppose

   (eumhun reading: 거스를 역 (geoseureul yeok))
   (MC reading: 逆 (MC ŋˠiæk̚))

8. 譯: interpreting

   (eumhun reading: 통변할 역 (tongbyeonhal yeok))
   (MC reading: 譯 (MC jiᴇk̚))

9. 疫: epidemic

   (eumhun reading: 염병 역 (yeombyeong yeok))
   (MC reading: 疫 (MC jwiᴇk̚))

10. 力: strength

    (eumhun reading: 힘 역 (him yeok))
    (MC reading: 力 (MC lɨk̚))

11. 曆: calendar

    (eumhun reading: 책력 역 (chaengnyeok yeok))
    (MC reading: 曆 (MC lek̚))

12. 轢: creaking

    (eumhun reading: 삐걱거릴 역 (ppigeokgeoril yeok))
    (MC reading: 轢 (MC lɑt̚, lɑk̚, lek̚))

13. 繹: pulling out

    (eumhun reading: 끌어낼 역 (kkeureonael yeok))
    (MC reading: 繹 (MC jiᴇk̚))

Usage notes

• Within compounds and in North Korean usage, many of the above characters are read as 력 (ryeok).

See also

• (Taxonomy) 생물분류 (生物分類, Saengmulbullyu); 역 (域, yeok, “domain”), 계 (界, gye, “kingdom”), 문 (門, mun, “phylum”), 강 (綱, gang, “class”), 목 (目, mok, “order”), 과 (科, gwa, “family”), 속 (屬, sok, “genus”), 종 (種, jong, “species”) ^{(Category: ko:Taxonomy)}