유

유	U+C720, 유 HANGUL SYLLABLE YU

Composition:

ㅇ + ㅠ

← 윟
[U+C71F]

Hangul Syllables

육 →
[U+C721]

위 ←	→ 으
유육 윢 윣 윤 윥 윦 윧 율 윩 윪 윫 윬 윭 윮 윯 윰 윱 윲 윳 윴 융 윶 윷 윸 윹 윺 윻

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 有, from the Middle Korean reading 유 (Yale: yu).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yu
McCune–Reischauer^?	yu
Yale Romanization^?	yū

Noun

유 • (yu) (hanja 有)

existence, being (especially in contrast to the concept of nothingness or non-existence)
Antonym: 무(無) (mu, “nothing, nothingness”)

무 에서 유를 창조하다
mu-eseo yu-reul changjohada
to create something out of nothing
- 1918, Han Yong-un, 한용운(韓龍雲), “心(심) (Sim) [The Heart]”, in 惟(유)心(심), number 1:
  心(심)은 無(무)의 實(실)在(재)오 有(유)의 眞(진)空(공)이니라
  Sim-eun mu-ui siljae-o yu-ui jin'gong-inira
  The heart is the manifestation of non-existence and the vacuum of existence.

Prefix

유— • (yu-) (hanja 有)

there is..., having...; a prefix indicating the existence of something
유의미 (有意味) ― yuuimi ― meaningful

유자격 (有資格) ― yujagyeok ― qualified (lit. having qualifications)

Derived terms

유(有)하다 (yuhada)
See the hanja entry at 有 for Sino-Korean compounds of 유 (有, yu).

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	yu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	yu
McCune–Reischauer^?	yu
Yale Romanization^?	yū

Noun

유 • (yu) (hanja 類)

Alternative form of 류(類) (ryu, “type; kind; sort”).
(biology, taxonomy) a family or genus

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.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

류(類) (ryu, “type; category”)

Etymology 3

From English u.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ju]
Phonetic hangul: [유]

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

Noun

유 • (yu)

The Korean reading of the Latin alphabet letter u.

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

유 (yu)

Extended content

由:
(MC reading: 由 (MC yuw))
油:
(MC reading: 油 (MC yuw|yuwH))
酉:
(MC reading: 酉 (MC yuwX))
有:
(MC reading: 有 (MC hjuwX))
猶:
(MC reading: 猶 (MC yuw|yuwH))
唯:
(MC reading: 唯 (MC ywij|ywijX))
遊:
(MC reading: 遊 (MC yuw))
遺:
(MC reading: 遺 (MC ywij|ywijH))
幼:
(MC reading: 幼 (MC 'jiwH))
幽:
(MC reading: 幽 (MC 'jiw))
惟:
(MC reading: 惟 (MC ywij))
維:
(MC reading: 維 (MC ywij))
裕:
(MC reading: 裕 (MC yuH))
誘:
(MC reading: 誘 (MC yuwX))
愈:
(MC reading: 愈 (MC yuX))
悠:
(MC reading: 悠 (MC yuw))
喩:
(MC reading: 喩 (MC jɨo^H))
兪:
(MC reading: 兪 (MC jɨo))
游:
(MC reading: 游 (MC yuw))
諭:
(MC reading: 諭 (MC yuH))

Extended content
柔: (MC reading: 柔 (MC nyuw)) 乳: (MC reading: 乳 (MC nyuX)) 儒: (MC reading: 儒 (MC nyu))

Extended content
柳: (MC reading: 柳 (MC ljuwX)) 留: (MC reading: 留 (MC ljuw\|ljuwH)) 流: (MC reading: 流 (MC ljuw)) 類: (MC reading: 類 (MC lwijH)) 琉: (MC reading: 琉 (MC ljuw)) 劉: (MC reading: 劉 (MC ljuw)) 硫: (MC reading: 硫 (MC ljuw))

Extended content
紐: (MC reading: 紐 (MC nrjuwX)) 鈕: (MC reading: 鈕 (MC nrjuwX)) 杻: (MC reading: 杻 (MC nrjuwX))