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HANGUL SYLLABLE GWEON
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구 ←→ 궤

Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwon
McCune–Reischauer?kwŏn
Yale Romanization?kwen

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from (scroll)

Counter

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(gwon) (hanja )

  1. volumes
    • ; 두 ; 세 ; 네
      han gwon; du gwon; se gwon; ne gwon
      one volume; two volumes; three volumes; four volumes
Usage notes
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As with most Korean counters (a.k.a. classifiers), (gwon) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also
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  • Counters: (si, “o'clock”), 시간 (sigan, “hours”), (beon, “times”), (sal, “years”), 사람 (saram, “people”), (bun, “(honorific) people”), 마리 (mari, “animals”), (gap, “cases”), (chae, “houses”), (gae, “objects”)

Noun

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(gwon) (hanja )

  1. volume; book

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (power)

Suffix

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—권 (-gwon) (hanja )

  1. power; right

Proper noun

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(Gwon) (hanja )

  1. a surname