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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 類, from the Middle Korean reading 류 (Yale: lyu).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | ryu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | lyu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ryu |
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| Yale Romanization? | lyū |
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Noun
류 • (ryu) (hanja 類)
- type; kind; sort
그런 류의 사고는 다시는 일어나면 안 된다.- Geureon ryu-ui sago-neun dasi-neun ireonamyeon an doenda.
- An accident of that sort must never again happen.
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.
Suffix
—류 • (-ryu) (hanja 類)
- type; category
Derived terms