U+C774, 이
HANGUL SYLLABLE I
Composition: +

[U+C773]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C775]




의 ←→ 자
See also: -이 and -이-

Cia-Cia

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Preposition

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(’i)

  1. the locative particle: in; at

Jeju

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from . Cognate with Korean (i).

Numeral

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(i)

  1. two

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Korean (i).

Determiner

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(i)

  1. this

See also

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  • (geu, that)
  • (jeo, that (distal))

References

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  • ” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Korean 이〮 (í, this), from Old Korean 是, 利 (*i, this). False cognate of Malayalam (ī, this) and other Dravidian terms.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?i
McCune–Reischauer?i
Yale Romanization?i
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Determiner

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(i)

  1. this (proximal determiner)
    Synonym: (yo, this, diminutive)
    Coordinate terms: (geu, that, mesial), (jeo, that, distal)
    그림 있다.
    I geurim-eul bon jeog-i itda.
    I have seen this picture.
    Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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(i)

  1. (literary, formal or dialectal) this, this thing, this person
    Synonyms: 이것 (igeot, this thing), 이거 (igeo, this thing, colloquial), (yae, this person, colloquial)
    Coordinate terms: (geu, that, mesial), (jeo, that, distal)
    뭣고? (Zen Buddhist koan, Gyeongsang dialect)I mwotgo?What is this?
    대한민국 시민으로서 납득할 없습니다.
    Daehanmin'guk simin-euroseo i-neun napdeukhal su eopseumnida.
    As a citizen of the Republic of Korea, this is not something I can accept.
  2. (dialectal) here
    Synonym: 여기 (yeogi)
Usage notes
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In spoken Korean, the word is used only as a determiner. To say "this person", "this thing", etc., a noun must be present: 사람 (i saram, this person), (i geot, this thing), etc.

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Korean demonstratives edit
Determiner 어느
Pronoun Human 이이 그이 저이
이분 그분 저분 어느
이자 그자 저자
Object () () 어느
이것 그것 저것 어느
이거 그거 저거 어느
Place 여기 거기 저기 어디
이곳 그곳 저곳 어느 곳
Direction 이쪽 그쪽 저쪽 어느
Time 이때 그때 접때 언제
Verb 이러다 그러다 저러다 어쩌다
이리하다 그리하다 저리하다 어찌하다
Adjective 이렇다 그렇다 저렇다 어떻다
이러하다 그러하다 저러하다 어떠하다
Adverb 이리 그리 저리 어찌
이렇게 그렇게 저렇게 어떻게
이만큼 그만큼 저만큼 얼마만큼(얼마큼)

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: ), from Middle Chinese (MC nyijH).

Pronunciation

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

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

Korean numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Native isol.: (dul)
    Native attr.: (du)
    Sino-Korean: (i)
    Hanja:
    Ordinal: 둘째 (duljjae)

Numeral

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(i) (hanja )

  1. two
Usage notes
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In modern Korean, numbers are usually written in Arabic numerals.

The Korean language has two sets of numerals: a native set of numerals inherited from Old Korean, and a Sino-Korean set which was borrowed from Middle Chinese in the first millennium C.E.

Native classifiers take native numerals.

Some Sino-Korean classifiers take native numerals, others take Sino-Korean numerals, while yet others take both.

  • 종이 장(張) (jong'i du jang, two sheets of paper, native numeral)
  • 분(分) (i bun, two minutes, Sino-Korean numeral)
  • 서른/삼십 명(名) (seoreun/samsip myeong, thirty people, both sets possible)

Recently loaned classifiers generally take Sino-Korean numerals.

For many terms, a native numeral has a quantifying sense, whereas a Sino-Korean numeral has a sense of labeling.

  • 반(班) (se ban, three school classes, native numeral)
  • 반(班) (sam ban, Class Number Three, Sino-Korean numeral)

When used in isolation, native numerals refer to objects of that number and are used in counting and quantifying, whereas Sino-Korean numerals refer to the numbers in a more mathematical sense.

  • 하나 주세 (hana-man deo juse-yo, Could you give me just one more, please, native numeral)
  • 더하기 ? (il deohagi ir-eun?, What's one plus one?, Sino-Korean numeral)

While older stages of Korean had native numerals up to the thousands, native numerals currently exist only up to ninety-nine, and Sino-Korean is used for all higher numbers. There is also a tendency—particularly among younger speakers—to uniformly use Sino-Korean numerals for the higher tens as well, so that native numerals such as 일흔 (ilheun, “seventy”) or 아흔 (aheun, “ninety”) are becoming less common.

Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 니〮 (Yale: ). Compounds still retain the original form.

Pronunciation

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In isolation or as the initial element of a compound:

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

As the non-initial element of a compound:

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Revised Romanization?ni
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ni
McCune–Reischauer?ni
Yale Romanization?ni
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

 
(i, “teeth”)

Noun

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(i)

  1. tooth, teeth (chiefly of a human)
    Synonyms: 이빨 (ippal, tooth, of an animal or colloquially of a human), 치아(齒牙) (chia( 齒牙 ), tooth, formal, academic)
    아프다
    i-ga apeuda
    for the teeth to hurt; to have a toothache
    으면 잇몸으로 산다. (proverb)
    I eops-eumyeon inmom-euro sanda.
    With no teeth, I'd live with my gum.
  2. the teeth of a saw or a similar jagged surface
    빠진
    i ppajin keop
    a chipped cup
    Audio:(file)
  3. (rare) mechanical joint
    Synonym: 이음 (ieum)
Usage notes
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  • In South Korea, the compounded form is written (ni) to reflect the actual pronunciation. In North Korea, it is written (i) for consistency. The pronunciation is the same in both countries except if spelling pronunciation interferes for some North Koreans.
Alternative forms
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  • (ni, as the second element of a compound, in South Korean orthography)
Derived terms
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  • 금니 (geumni, gold teeth)
  • 덧니 (deonni, snaggleteeth)
  • (dialectal) 막니 (mangni, wisdom teeth)
  • 사랑니 (sarangni, wisdom teeth)
  • 송곳니 (songgonni, canine teeth)
  • 아랫니 (araenni, lower teeth)
  • 앞니 (amni, incisor)
  • 어금니 (eogeumni, molar)
  • 윗니 (winni, upper teeth)
  • 은니 (eunni, silver teeth)
  • 이빨 (ippal, (animal) teeth)
  • 잇몸 (inmom, gums in the mouth)
  • 젖니 (jeonni, baby teeth)
  • 틀니 (teulli, dentures)
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  • (chi, tooth), the hanja used in many teeth-related words

Etymology 4

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From Middle Korean 이〮 (í, person).

Pronunciation

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McCune–Reischauer?i
Yale Romanization?i

Dependent noun

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(i)

  1. (formal, literary or dated) person, man (in the gender-neutral sense)
    말하 없이 고요하다.
    Malha-neun i eopsi goyohada.
    It is quiet, with no man to talk.
    Audio (South Korea):(file)
    저기 가는 누구?
    Jeogi ganeun i-ga nugu-yo?
    Who is that man passing yonder?
    Audio (South Korea):(file)
    Synonyms: 사람 (saram), (ja), (bun, polite)
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 니〮 (Yale: ). Compounds still retain the original form.

Pronunciation

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In isolation or as the initial element of a compound:

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Revised Romanization?i
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McCune–Reischauer?i
Yale Romanization?i
 
(i, “louse”)

As the non-initial element of a compound:

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Revised Romanization?ni
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ni
McCune–Reischauer?ni
Yale Romanization?ni
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

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(i)

  1. louse (tiny bloodsucking insect)
Usage notes
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  • In South Korea, the compounded form is written (ni) to reflect the actual pronunciation. In North Korea, it is written (i) for consistency. The pronunciation is the same in both countries except if spelling pronunciation interferes for some North Koreans.
Alternative forms
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  • (ni)as the second element of a compound, in South Korean orthography
Derived terms
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Etymology 6

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Sino-Korean word from , Middle Korean reading 리〯 () and 니〯 ().

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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South Korean
Standard Language
이(李) (i)
North Korean
Standard Language
리(李) (ri)

(I) (hanja )

  1. a surname, the second most common Korean surname, used by roughly 7.3 million people in South Korea as of 2015
Usage notes
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  • 98.5% of South Koreans with this surname romanize it as "Lee".[1] North Koreans tend to romanize it as "Ri".

Etymology 7

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Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading 리〯 (Yale: ), from Middle Chinese (MC liX).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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South Korean
Standard Language
/(理) (i/ri)
North Korean
Standard Language
리(理) (ri)

(i) (hanja )

  1. (East Asian philosophy, especially Confucianism) li, the underlying ordering principle of the cosmos
    Coordinate term: 기(氣) (gi, vital force engendering the cosmos)
Usage notes
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  • In the case of this specific word, the (ri) pronunciation is common even in South Korea. The reason may be to avoid homophony with other Chinese characters, given the context of East Asian philosophy where single-character Chinese terms are common.
Derived terms
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Etymology 8

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Sino-Korean word from , from Middle Chinese (MC lijH, “profit”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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South Korean
Standard Language
이(利) (i)
North Korean
Standard Language
리(利) (ri)

(i) (hanja )

  1. (possibly dated) profit, benefit
    Synonyms: 이득(利得) (ideuk( 利得 )), 이익(利益) (iik( 利益 ))
  2. (rare, dated) interest
    Synonyms: 변리(邊利) (byeolli( 邊利 )), 이자(利子) (ija( 利子 ))
Derived terms
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Etymology 9

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From English e.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?i
McCune–Reischauer?i
Yale Romanization?i
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

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(i)

  1. The Korean reading of the Latin alphabet letter e.
    1. (mathematics) In particular, the Korean reading of the number that is the base of natural logarithms (approximately 2.718281828459), written e.

Etymology 10

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Sino-Korean word from

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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(i) (hanja )

  1. (rare, archaic) one-hundredth, 10-2

Etymology 11

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Proper noun

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(I) (hanja )

  1. Alternative form of (I, Italy (in news headlines))

Etymology 12

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Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(i)

Etymology 13

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Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. As the non-initial element of a compound, they are read as (ri).

After a language reform in North Korea in the mid-twentieth century intended to make Sino-Korean readings uniform, they are always read as (ri) in all environments.

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(i)

Etymology 14

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Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. As the non-initial element of a compound, they are read as (ni).

After a language reform in North Korea in the mid-twentieth century intended to make Sino-Korean readings uniform, they are always read as (ni)in all environments.

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(i)

References

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  1. ^ '김·이·박·최'의 영어표기를 외국인이 읽는다면? [gim·i·bak·choe ui yeong'eopyogireul oegugini ingneundamyeon?, If a foreigner were to read the romanizations of "Kim", "Lee", "Park", and "Choi"?]”, in Yonhap News Agency[1], 2017