열

Jeju

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jəɭ/

Numeral

열 (yeol)

1. ten

Synonyms

• 십 (sip) (十) (Sino-Jeju)

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열 U+C5F4, 열 HANGUL SYLLABLE YEOL Composition: ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄹ Dubeolsik input: d-u-f ← 엳 [U+C5F3] Hangul Syllables 엵 → [U+C5F5]

Korean

여역엮엯연엱엲 엳열엵엶엷엸엹 엺엻염엽엾엿였 영옂옃옄옅옆옇
에 ←	→ 예

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangeul: [열]

Revised Romanization? yeol Revised Romanization (translit.)? yeol McCune–Reischauer? yŏl Yale Romanization? yel

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 엻 (Yale: yelh).

Number

열 • (yeol)

1. ten

Synonyms

• 십 (sip) (十) (Sino-Korean)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 熱 (“heat”)

Noun

열 • (yeol) (hanja 熱)

1. fever
2. heat

   1926, Han Yong-un, The Art of the Life (생의 예술):

   저리고쓰린 슬픔은 힘이 되고 열이 되어서 어린 양과 같은 작은 목숨을 살아 움직이게 합니다. 

   Jeorigosseurin seulpeumeun himi doego yeori doeeoseo eorin yanggwa gateun jageun moksumeul sara umjigige hamnida.

   The bitter sadness has become a force and a heat that makes a little life like a lamb move alive.

Derived terms

• 열나다 (yeollada)
• 고열 (goyeol)