용
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Korean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key)[joŋ]
- Phonetic Hangul[용]
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Etymology 1
요욕욖욗욘욙욚 욛욜욝욞욟욠욡 욢욣욤욥욦욧욨 용욪욫욬욭욮욯 | |
외 ← | → 우 |
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Syllable
용 • (yong)
- A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅛ, and ㅇ.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 龍
Noun
용 • (yong) (hanja 龍)
- (South Korea) dragon
- 개천에서 용 났다.
- Gaecheoneseo yong natda.
- A dragon has emerged out of a brook. — This is said when a great man emerged out of the most unlikely background. That is, what appears so unlikely happened strikingly in reality. It also suggests that a long river can be an analogy, embodiment, or at least the birthplace of a dragon.
- 이 논엔 용이 올라갔다.
- I nonen yong-i ollagatda.
- The dragon has risen. — Idiom meaning that there is no water in this paddy.
Alternative forms
- 룡 (龍, ryong) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)
Usage notes
The original Sino-Korean reading 룡 (ryong) is used when the hanja 용 (龍, yong) is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word.
Synonyms
- 미르 (mireu, “(obsolete) dragon”)
Derived terms
- 공룡 (恐龍, gongnyong, “dinosaur”)
- 어룡 (魚龍, eoryong, “ichthyosaur”)
- 용대 (龍台, Yongdae)
- 용산 (龍山, Yongsan)
- 익룡 (翼龍, ingnyong, “pterosaur”)
- 흑룡강 (黑龍江, Heungnyonggang, “Amur river”)
See also
- 한물 (hanmul, “flood; prime, season (the best time)”)
- 큰물 (keunmul, “flood”)
Etymology 3
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
용 (yong)
- 用:
- (MC reading: 用 (MC jɨoŋH))
- 勇:
- (MC reading: 勇 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 容:
- (MC reading: 容 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 庸:
- (MC reading: 庸 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 溶:
- (MC reading: 溶 (MC jɨoŋ, jɨoŋX))
- 鎔:
- (MC reading: 鎔 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 瑢:
- (MC reading: 瑢 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 榕:
- (MC reading: 榕)
- 蓉:
- (MC reading: 蓉 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 涌:
- (MC reading: 涌 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 埇:
- (MC reading: 埇 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 踊:
- (MC reading: 踊 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 鏞:
- (MC reading: 鏞 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 茸:
- (MC reading: 茸 (MC ȵɨoŋ))
- 墉:
- (MC reading: 墉 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 甬:
- (MC reading: 甬 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 俑:
- (MC reading: 俑 (MC tʰuŋ, jɨoŋX))
- 傭:
- (MC reading: 傭 (MC jɨoŋ, ʈʰɨoŋ))
- 慂:
- (MC reading: 慂 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 聳:
- (MC reading: 聳 (MC sɨoŋX))
- 傛:
- (MC reading: 傛 (MC jɨoŋ, jɨoŋX))
- 槦:
- (MC reading: 槦 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 宂:
- (MC reading: 宂 (MC ȵɨoŋX))
- 㦶:
- (MC reading: 㦶)
- 嵱:
- (MC reading: 嵱 (MC jɨoŋ))
- 慵:
- (MC reading: 慵 (MC d͡ʑɨoŋ))
- 憃:
- (MC reading: 憃 (MC ɕɨoŋ, ʈʰˠʌŋ, ʈʰɨoŋH))
- 硧:
- (MC reading: 硧)
- 舂:
- (MC reading: 舂 (MC ɕɨoŋ))
- 蛹:
- (MC reading: 蛹 (MC jɨoŋX))
- 踴:
- (MC reading: 踴)
- 熔: Alternative form of 鎔
- (MC reading: 熔)
- 湧: Alternative form of 涌
- (MC reading: 湧)
- 冗: Alternative form of 宂
- (MC reading: 冗)
- 頌:
- (MC reading: 頌 (MC jɨoŋ, zɨoŋH))
- 鱅:
- (MC reading: 鱅 (MC jɨoŋ, d͡ʑɨoŋ))
- 癰:
- (MC reading: 癰 (MC ʔɨoŋ))
Etymology 4
South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 룡 (ryong).
Syllable
용 (yong)
- (South Korea) 龍:
- (MC reading: 龍 (MC lɨoŋ))
- (South Korea) 龒:
- (MC reading: 龒)
- (South Korea) 竜: Alternative form of 龍
- (MC reading: 竜)
Alternative forms
- 룡 (ryong) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)
Usage notes
In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 룡 (ryong) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 룡 (ryong) to 용 (yong) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).
References
- Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).