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Korean
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 有 (有), from the Middle Korean reading 유 (Yale: yu).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ju(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [유(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | yu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yu |
McCune–Reischauer? | yu |
Yale Romanization? | yū |
Noun
유 • (yu) (hanja 有)
- existence, being (especially in contrast to the concept of nothingness or non-existence)
- 무에서 유를 창조하다
- mu-eseo yu-reul changjohada
- to create something out of nothing
- 1918, Han Yong-un, 한용운(韓龍雲), “心 (Sim) [The Heart]”, in 惟心, number 1:
- 心은 無의 實在오 有의 眞空이니라
- Sim-eun mu-ui siljae-o yu-ui jin'gong-inira
- The heart is the manifestation of non-existence and the vacuum of existence.
- Antonym: 무(無) (mu, “nothing, nothingness”)
Prefix
유— • (yu-) (hanja 有)
- there is..., having...; a prefix indicating the existence of something
- 유의미 (有意味) ― yuuimi ― meaningful
- 유자격 (有資格) ― yujagyeok ― qualified (lit. having qualifications)
Derived terms
- 유(有)하다 (yuhada)
- See the hanja entry at 有 (有) for Sino-Korean compounds of 유 (有, yu).
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 類 (類), from the Middle Korean reading 류 (Yale: lyu).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ju(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [유(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | yu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yu |
McCune–Reischauer? | yu |
Yale Romanization? | yū |
Noun
유 • (yu) (hanja 類)
- Alternative form of 류(類) (ryu, “type; kind; sort”).
- (biology, taxonomy) a family or genus
Usage notes
The prescriptive South Korean standard demands the pronunciation 유 (yu) for this character when used as a noun, but 류 (ryu) is by far the more common—the number of Google search results preliminarily suggest that 류 (ryu) is about ten times more frequent than 유 (yu). South Korean legal documents also regularly use the "incorrect" 류 (ryu). In North Korea, only 류 (ryu) is accepted.
Derived terms
- See the hanja entry at 類 (類) for Sino-Korean compounds of 유 (類, yu).
Related terms
- 류(類) (ryu, “type; category”)
Etymology 3
From English u.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ju]
- Phonetic hangul: [유]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | yu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yu |
McCune–Reischauer? | yu |
Yale Romanization? | yu |
Noun
유 • (yu)
- The Korean reading of the Latin alphabet letter u.
Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
유 (yu)
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