류

See also: 异

류	U+B958, 류 HANGUL SYLLABLE RYU

Composition:

ㄹ + ㅠ

← 륗
[U+B957]

Hangul Syllables

륙 →
[U+B959]

뤼 ←	→ 르
류륙 륚 륛 륜 륝 륞 륟 률 륡 륢 륣 륤 륥 륦 륧 륨 륩 륪 륫 륬 륭 륮 륯 륰 륱 륲 륳

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 類, from the Middle Korean reading 류 (Yale: lyu).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾju(ː)]
Phonetic hangul: [류(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ryu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	lyu
McCune–Reischauer^?	ryu
Yale Romanization^?	lyū

Noun

류 • (ryu) (hanja 類)

type; kind; sort
그런 류의 사고 는 다시 는 일어나면 안 된다.
Geureon ryu-ui sago-neun dasi-neun ireonamyeon an doenda.
An accident of that sort must never again happen.

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.

Suffix

—류 • (-ryu) (hanja 類)

type; category

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 類 for Sino-Korean compounds of 류 (類, ryu).