오

오 U+C624, 오 HANGUL SYLLABLE O Composition: ㅇ + ㅗ Dubeolsik input: d-h ← 옣 [U+C623] Hangul Syllables 옥 → [U+C625]

Contents

Korean

Etymology 1

오옥옦옧온옩옪 옫올옭옮옯옰옱 옲옳옴옵옶옷옸 옹옺옻옼옽옾옿
예 ←	→ 와

Syllable

오 • (o)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ and ㅗ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[o̞ː]
• Phonetic Hangul[오]

Revised Romanization? o Revised Romanization (translit.)? o McCune–Reischauer? o Yale Romanization? ō

Numeral

오 • (o) (hanja 五)

1. five
2. fifth

   인간은 한 손, 한 발에 각각 다섯개의 손가락, 발가락을 가지고 있다.

   In-ganeun han son, han bare gakgak daseotgae-ui son-garak, balgarageul gajigo itda.

   Humans have five fingers and toes on each hand and foot.

Usage notes

In Modern Korean, numbers are almost always written in Arabic numerals.

오 means “fifth” if it is directly put before a noun other than modern units.

오 층: fifth floor

다섯 층: five floors

오 팀: Team 5

다섯 팀: five teams

Etymology 3

Interjection

오 • (o)

1. oh