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U+C6D0, 원
HANGUL SYLLABLE WEON
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Hangul Syllables




우 ←→ 웨

Korean

Etymology 1

원 (sense 1): Obverse of a 10,000 South Korean won note

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese (yuán, circle” > “round coin) referring to the piece of eight (compare Japanese (en), Mandarin (yuán)). Doublet of (en, yen (Japanese currency)) and 위안 (wian, yuan (Chinese currency)).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?won
McCune–Reischauer?wŏn
Yale Romanization?wen

Noun

(won)

  1. won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = (KRW)
  2. won; the official currency of North Korea (KPW)
Usage notes

The syllable can only be written in hangul even when writing in hanja-mixed script if it means the currency, although this word is a Sino-Korean vocabulary.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Burmese: ဝေါန် (waun)
  • English: won
    • Vietnamese: uôn
  • German: Won
  • French: won
  • Japanese: ウォン (won)
  • Russian: вона (vona)
  • Thai: วอน (wɔɔn)

See also

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese (yuán).

Noun

(won)

  1. (mathematics) circle
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Korean cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : (won)

From English one.

Noun

(won)

  1. (informal) one
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Syllable

(won) (incomplete list)