Wiktionary

수

See also: 㐃
수 U+C218, 수
HANGUL SYLLABLE SU
Composition:ㅅ + ㅜ
← 숗
[U+C217] 		Hangul Syllables 숙 →
[U+C219]
수숙숚숛순숝숞
숟술숡숢숣숤숥
숦숧숨숩숪숫숬
숭숮숯숰숱숲숳
쇼 ←→ 숴

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Korean word from 手 (“hand, way”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú). However, the dependent noun is usually not written in hanja.

The word somewhat displaced the native dependent noun 줄 (jul, “fact, ability”).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Dependent noun edit

수 • (su) (usually no hanja; sometimes 手)

  1. (after verbal or adjectival adnominals) way, means, possibility, ability; used to express ability, in constructions equivalent to the English modal "can"
    그러는 수밖에 없겠네.
    Geureoneun subakke eopgenne.
    I suppose that's all you can do.
    (literally, “[I suppose] there is no way but to do that.”)
    움직일 수가 없다.
    Umjigil su-ga eopda.
    I can't move.
    (literally, “I lack the ability to move.”)
    중국을 갔을 수도 있어요.
    Junggug-eul gasseul su-do isseo-yo.
    He might have gone to China as well.
    (literally, “There is also the possibility that he went to China.”)
Usage notes edit
  • Some speakers mistakenly believe that the element 수 (su) in the suffix 을수록 (eulsurok, “the more...”) is this dependent noun, but in reality this is a reflex of Middle Korean ᄉᆞ (Yale: so).

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 手)

  1. (board games) move
    한 수만 더 두면 외통수다.
    Han su-man deo dumyeon oetongsuda.
    Just one more move, and it's checkmate.
  2. (originally board games, also figurative) ability, talent, skill
    최소한 영어는 내가 걔보단 한 수 위야.
    Choesohan yeong'eo-neun nae-ga gyaebodan han su wi-ya.
    At the very least, my skill in English is a notch better than hers.

Suffix edit

—수 • (-su) (hanja 手)

  1. -er; -ist

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Korean word from 數 (“number”), from the Middle Korean reading 수〯 (Yale: swǔ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swū
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 수의 / 수에 / 수까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 數)

  1. number
    Synonyms: 숫자 (sutja), 개수 (gaesu)
  2. (less common) destiny, fate (especially a favorable one)
    Synonym: 운수(運數) (unsu)

Determiner edit

수 • (su) (hanja 數)

  1. a few, several
    수 킬로미터 ― su killomiteo ― several kilometers
    수십 명 ― susip myeong ― several tens of people
Usage notes edit

When used before a numeral, this word is not spaced.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 숳〮 (Yale: swúh).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Noun edit

수 • (su)

  1. (uncommon, usually used as a prefix) male (non-human)
    Synonym: (much more common) 수컷 (sukeot)
    Antonym: 암 (am, “female”)

Prefix edit

수— • (su-)

  1. male (non-human)
    Antonym: 암 (am, “female”)
  2. (of objects that fit together) protruding
    Antonym: 암 (am, “concave, curving inwards”)
Usage notes edit

As the relic of the Middle Korean coda /-h/ now lost in Modern Korean, the prefix usually aspirates a subsequent plosive.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Sino-Korean word from 水 (“water”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 水)

  1. water, as one of the Five Phases of East Asian cosmology
    Synonym: (in general) 물 (mul, “water”)
    Hypernym: 오행(五行) (ohaeng, “Five Phases”)
    Coordinate terms: 목(木) (mok, “tree”), 화(火) (hwa, “fire”), 토(土) (to, “earth”), 금(金) (geum, “metal”)
  2. Short for 수요일(水曜日) (suyoil): Wednesday
Derived terms edit

Etymology 5 edit

Sino-Korean word from 繡 (“embroidering”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〯 (Yale: syǔ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swū

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 繡)

  1. embroidering (in cloth)
    Synonym: 자수(刺繡) (jasu)
    비단에 수를 놓다 ― bidan-e su-reul nota ― to embroider silk
Derived terms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Sino-Korean word from 首 (“head”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Counter edit

수 • (su) (hanja 首)

  1. A counter for poems.
  2. (formal) A counter for animals.
    Synonym: (more common) 마리 (mari)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 7 edit

Sino-Korean word from 受 (“accept”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈 (Yale: syù).

The sense of "bottom" is orthographic borrowing from Japanese 受け (uke).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 受)

  1. (Buddhism, philosophy) vedanā (sensation in Buddhist philosophy)
  2. (slang) bottom (in a gay sexual relationship)
    Synonym: 바텀 (bateom)
    Antonym: 공(攻) (gong)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 8 edit

Sino-Korean word from 髓 (“bone marrow”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〯 (Yale: syǔ).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 髓)

  1. (logging) pith (of wood)
    Synonym: 수심(樹心) (susim)
  2. (uncommon) bone marrow
    Synonym: 골수(骨髓) (golsu)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 9 edit

Sino-Korean word from 隋 (“the Sui”).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Su
McCune–Reischauer?Su
Yale Romanization?swu

Proper noun edit

수 • (Su) (hanja 隋)

  1. (formal, academic) the Sui, a short-lived Chinese dynasty
    Synonym: 수나라 (Sunara, “the Sui”, usual non-academic term)
Usage notes edit

As with all historical Chinese polities with a single-character name, the Sui are usually referred to with the suffix 나라 (nara, “nation, country”) as 수나라 (Sunara, “the Sui country”) outside of academia.

Derived terms edit

Etymology 10 edit

Sino-Korean word from 守 (“defend”).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Noun edit

수 • (su) (hanja 守)

  1. (historical) From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, two government offices both belonging to the 정사품(正四品) (jeongsapum, “upper degree of the fourth rank of government”):
    1. An office supervising court food supplies
    2. An honorary office given to distant royal relatives
Derived terms edit

Etymology 11 edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable edit

수 (su)

Extended content
  1. 水: water
    (eumhun reading: 물 수 (mul su))
    (MC reading: 水 (MC sywijX))
  2. 手: hand
    (eumhun reading: 손 수 (son su))
    (MC reading: 手 (MC syuwX))
  3. 受: accept
    (eumhun reading: 받을 수 (badeul su))
    (MC reading: 受 (MC dzyuwX))
  4. 授: give
    (eumhun reading: 줄 수 (jul su))
    (MC reading: 授 (MC dzyuwH))
  5. 首: head
    (eumhun reading: 머리 수 (meori su))
    (MC reading: 首 (MC syuwX|syuwH))
  6. 守: protection
    (eumhun reading: 지킬 수 (jikil su))
    (MC reading: 守 (MC syuwX|syuwH))
  7. 收: collect
    (eumhun reading: 거둘 수 (geodul su))
    (MC reading: 收 (MC syuw|syuwH))
  8. 誰:
    (MC reading: 誰 (MC dzywij))
  9. 須:
    (MC reading: 須 (MC sju))
  10. 雖: although
    (eumhun reading: 비록 수 (birok su))
    (MC reading: 雖 (MC swij))
  11. 愁:
    (MC reading: 愁 (MC dzrjuw))
  12. 樹: tree; plant
    (eumhun reading: 나무 수 (namu su))
    (MC reading: 樹 (MC dzyuX|dzyuH))
  13. 壽:
    (MC reading: 壽 (MC dzyuwX|dzyuwH))
  14. 數:
    (MC reading: 數 (MC srjuX|srjuH|sraewk))
  15. 修: discipline
    (eumhun reading: 닦을 수 (dakkeul su))
    (MC reading: 修 (MC sjuw))
  16. 秀: outstanding, remarkable, escellent
    (eumhun reading: 빼어날 수 (ppaeeonal su))
    (MC reading: 秀 (MC sjuwH))
  17. 囚:
    (MC reading: 囚 (MC zjuw))
  18. 需:
    (MC reading: 需 (MC sju))
  19. 帥: commander
    (eumhun reading: 장수 수 (jangsu su))
    (MC reading: 帥 (MC srwijH|srwit))
  20. 殊:
    (MC reading: 殊 (MC dzyu))
  21. 隨:
    (MC reading: 隨 (MC zjwe))
  22. 輸: to transport; to send
    (eumhun reading: 보낼 수 (bonael su))
    (MC reading: 輸 (MC syu|syuH))
  23. 獸:
    (MC reading: 獸 (MC syuwH))
  24. 睡: sleeping
    (eumhun reading: 졸음 수 (joreum su))
    (MC reading: 睡 (MC dzyweH))
  25. 遂:
    (MC reading: 遂 (MC zwijH))
  26. 垂:
    (MC reading: 垂 (MC dzywe))
  27. 搜:
    (MC reading: 搜)
  28. 洙:
    (MC reading: 洙 (MC dzyu))
  29. 琇:
    (MC reading: 琇 (MC yuwX|sjuwH))
  30. 銖:
    (MC reading: 銖 (MC dzyu))
  31. 粹:
    (MC reading: 粹 (MC swijH))
  32. 穗:
    (MC reading: 穗 (MC zwijH))
  33. 繡: embroider; gorgeous
    (eumhun reading: 수놓을 수 (suno'eul su))
    (MC reading: 繡 (MC sjuwH))
  34. 隋:
    (MC reading: 隋 (MC zjwe|thwaX))
  35. 髓: bone marrow
    (eumhun reading: 뼛골 수 (ppyeotgol su))
    (MC reading: 髓 (MC sjweX))
  36. 袖: sleeve
    (eumhun reading: 소매 수 (somae su))
    (MC reading: 袖 (MC zjuwH))
  37. 嗽:
    (MC reading: 嗽 (MC suwH|suwk|sraewk))
  38. 嫂: sister-in-law; elder brother's wife
    (eumhun reading: 형수 수 (hyeongsu su))
    (MC reading: 嫂 (MC sawX))
  39. 岫:
    (MC reading: 岫 (MC zjuwH))
  40. 戍:
    (MC reading: 戍 (MC syuH))
  41. 漱:
    (MC reading: 漱 (MC srjuwH|suwH))
  42. 燧:
    (MC reading: 燧 (MC zwijH))
  43. 狩:
    (MC reading: 狩 (MC syuwH))
  44. 璲:
    (MC reading: 璲 (MC zwijH))
  45. 瘦:
    (MC reading: 瘦 (MC srjuwH))
  46. 綏:
    (MC reading: 綏 (MC swij))
  47. 綬:
    (MC reading: 綬 (MC dzyuwX|dzyuwH))
  48. 羞:
    (MC reading: 羞 (MC sjuw))
  49. 茱:
    (MC reading: 茱 (MC dzyu))
  50. 蒐:
    (MC reading: 蒐 (MC srjuw))
  51. 蓚:
    (MC reading: 蓚)
  52. 藪:
    (MC reading: 藪 (MC suwX))
  53. 邃:
    (MC reading: 邃 (MC swijH))
  54. 酬:
    (MC reading: 酬 (MC dzyuw))
  55. 銹:
    (MC reading: 銹)
  56. 隧:
    (MC reading: 隧 (MC zwijH))
  57. 鬚: beard
    (eumhun reading: 수염 수 (suyeom su))
    (MC reading: 鬚 (MC sju))
  58. 䳠:
    (MC reading: 䳠)
  59. 賥:
    (MC reading: 賥 (MC swijH))
  60. 豎:
    (MC reading: 豎 (MC dzyuX))
  61. 讎:
    (MC reading: 讎 (MC dzyuw))
  62. 睢:
    (MC reading: 睢 (MC xjwie|swij|xjwij|xjwijH))
  63. 睟:
    (MC reading: 睟 (MC swijH))
  64. 瓍:
    (MC reading: 瓍)
  65. 宿: sleep; lodging
    (eumhun reading: 잘 수 (jal su))
    (MC reading: 宿 (MC sjuwH|sjuwk))
  66. 汓:
    (MC reading: 汓 (MC zjuw))
  67. 㻽:
    (MC reading: 㻽)
  68. 叟:
    (MC reading: 叟 (MC suwX))
  69. 售:
    (MC reading: 售 (MC dzyuwH))
  70. 廋:
    (MC reading: 廋 (MC srjuw))
  71. 晬:
    (MC reading: 晬 (MC tswojH))
  72. 殳:
    (MC reading: 殳 (MC dzyu))
  73. 泅:
    (MC reading: 泅 (MC zjuw))
  74. 溲:
    (MC reading: 溲)
  75. 瞍:
    (MC reading: 瞍 (MC sew))
  76. 祟:
    (MC reading: 祟 (MC swijH))
  77. 籔:
    (MC reading: 籔 (MC srjuX|suwX))
  78. 脺:
    (MC reading: 脺)
  79. 膄:
    (MC reading: 膄)
  80. 膸:
    (MC reading: 膸)
  81. 陲:
    (MC reading: 陲 (MC dzywe))
  82. 颼:
    (MC reading: 颼)
  83. 饈:
    (MC reading: 饈)
  84. 寿: Alternative form of 壽
    (MC reading: 寿)
  85. 脩: Alternative form of 修
    (MC reading: 脩 (MC sjuw))
  86. 穂: Alternative form of 穗
    (MC reading: 穂)
  87. 峀: Alternative form of 岫
    (MC reading: 峀)
  88. 竪: Alternative form of 豎
    (MC reading: 竪 (MC dzyuX))
  89. 讐: Alternative form of 讎
    (MC reading: 讐)
  90. 濉: Alternative form of 睢
    (MC reading: 濉 (MC swij))

References edit

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