을
(see here for suffixes and particles)
| 으윽윾윿은읁읂 읃을읅읆읇읈읉 읊읋음읍읎읏읐 응읒읓읔읕읖읗 | |
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See also: -을
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɯɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [을]
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| Revised Romanization? | eul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | eul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ŭl |
| Yale Romanization? | ul |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 乙 (乙); this character is the second of the Heavenly Stems, and is therefore used in contracts and legal documents as the equivalent to "Party B" (i.e. the obligated party).
Noun
을 • (eul) (hanja 乙)
- B; used to enumerate the second of a group of unnamed people or objects
- Coordinate terms: 갑(甲) (gap, “A”), 병(丙) (byeong, “C”), 정(丁) (jeong, “D”)
- (idiomatic) the weaker or disadvantaged party in a relationship between two sides
- Antonym: 갑(甲) (gap, “the stronger party”)
- 기업이 갑이고 정부가 을이다.
- gieob-i gab-igo jeongbu-ga eul-ida.
- The corporations have the advantages and the government is disadvantaged.
- the second of the ten heavenly stems
Usage notes
- Often written in hanja.
Coordinate terms
one of ten heavenly stems
- 갑 (甲, gap, “first”)
- 병 (丙, byeong, “third”)
- 정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)
- 무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
- 기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
- 경 (庚, gyeong, “seventh”)
- 신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
- 임 (壬, im, “ninth”)
- 계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)
Etymology 2
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
을 (eul)
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