양

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양 U+C591, 양
HANGUL SYLLABLE YANG
Composition:ㅇ + ㅑ + ㅇ
← 얐
 		Hangul Syllables 얒 →
야약앾앿얀얁얂
얃얄얅얆얇얈얉
얊얋얌얍얎얏얐
양얒얓얔얕얖얗
애 ←→ 얘
See also: -양

Jeju

Pronunciation

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Revised Romanization?yang
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Yale Romanization?yang

Etymology 1

Interjection

양 (yang)

  1. yes
Synonyms

Etymology 2

양 ᄋᆢᆺ ᄆᆞ리 (yang yawt mawri, “six sheep”)

Sino-Korean word from 羊.

Noun

양 (yang) (counter ᄆᆞ리)

  1. sheep
  2. goat
    Synonym: 염쉐 (yeomswe)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 量 (“quantity”)

Pronunciation

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  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지

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

Noun

South Korean
Standard Language 		양(量) (yang)
North Korean
Standard Language 		량(量) (ryang)

양 • (yang) (hanja 量)

  1. quantity, amount
    Coordinate term: 질(質) (jil, “quality”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 羊 (“sheep, goat”)

Pronunciation

양 (羊, yang, “sheep”)
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  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

양 • (yang) (counter 마리, hanja 羊)

  1. sheep
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 陽 (“yang”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

양 • (yang) (hanja 陽)

  1. (philosophy) yang (the essential male principle in East Asian religion or philosophy)
    Coordinate term: 음(陰) (eum)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 孃 (“woman, girl”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

양 • (yang) (hanja 孃)

  1. Miss (used after the names of young women, especially by older speakers)
    Coordinate term: 군(君) (gun, used for young men)
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 兩 (“two”).

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
Revised Romanization?yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yang
McCune–Reischauer?yang
Yale Romanization?yāng

Determiner

South Korean
Standard Language 		양(兩) (yang)
North Korean
Standard Language 		량(兩) (ryang)

양 • (yang) (hanja 兩)

  1. two; both
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 洋 (“ocean; Western (because Westerners came by sea)”).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

양— • (yang-) (hanja 洋)

  1. Western, European
    양의학 ― yang'uihak ― Western medicine
    양놈 ― yangnom ― Western bastards
    양파 ― yangpa ― onion (literally, “Western leek”)

Suffix

—양 • (-yang) (hanja 洋)

  1. ocean
    태평양 ― taepyeong'yang ― Pacific Ocean

Derived terms

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 良 (“good”).

Pronunciation

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Revised Romanization (translit.)?yang
McCune–Reischauer?yang
Yale Romanization?yang

Noun

South Korean
Standard Language 		양(良) (yang)
North Korean
Standard Language 		량(良) (ryang)

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

  1. The fourth-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to D in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.
    Coordinate terms: 수(秀) (su), 우(優) (u), 미(美) (mi), 가(可) (ga)

Affix

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

  1. good
Derived terms

Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 壤 (“yang”)

Numeral

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

  1. (uncommon) 1028
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Affix

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

  1. soil; earth
Derived terms

Etymology 9

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

양 (yang)

Extended content
  1. 羊:
    (MC reading: 羊 (MC yang))
  2. 洋:
    (MC reading: 洋 (MC yang|zjang))
  3. 養:
    (MC reading: 養 (MC yangX|yangH))
  4. 揚:
    (MC reading: 揚 (MC yang))
  5. 陽:
    (MC reading: 陽 (MC yang))
  6. 讓:
    (MC reading: 讓 (MC nyangH))
  7. 壤:
    (MC reading: 壤 (MC nyangX))
  8. 樣:
    (MC reading: 樣 (MC yangH))
  9. 楊:
    (MC reading: 楊 (MC yang))
  10. 襄:
    (MC reading: 襄 (MC sjang))
  11. 孃:
    (MC reading: 孃 (MC nyang|nrjang))
  12. 漾:
    (MC reading: 漾 (MC yangH))
  13. 佯:
    (MC reading: 佯 (MC yang|dzjang))
  14. 恙:
    (MC reading: 恙 (MC yangH))
  15. 攘:
    (MC reading: 攘 (MC nyang|nyangX|nyangH))
  16. 暘:
    (MC reading: 暘 (MC yang))
  17. 瀁:
    (MC reading: 瀁 (MC yangX|yangH))
  18. 煬:
    (MC reading: 煬 (MC yang|yangH))
  19. 痒:
    (MC reading: 痒 (MC zjang|yangX))
  20. 瘍:
    (MC reading: 瘍 (MC yang))
  21. 禳:
    (MC reading: 禳 (MC nyang))
  22. 穰:
    (MC reading: 穰 (MC nyang|nyangX))
  23. 釀:
    (MC reading: 釀 (MC nrjangH))
  24. 徉:
    (MC reading: 徉 (MC yang))
  25. 瀼:
    (MC reading: 瀼 (MC nyang))
  26. 烊:
    (MC reading: 烊 (MC yang))
  27. 癢:
    (MC reading: 癢 (MC yangX))
  28. 眻:
    (MC reading: 眻 (MC yang|yangH))
  29. 蘘:
    (MC reading: 蘘 (MC nyang))
  30. 輰:
    (MC reading: 輰 (MC yang))
  31. 鑲:
    (MC reading: 鑲 (MC nyang|sjang|nrjang))
  32. 颺:
    (MC reading: 颺 (MC yang|yangH))
  33. 驤:
    (MC reading: 驤 (MC sjang))
  34. 昜: Alternative form of 陽
    (MC reading: 昜 (MC yang))
  35. 敭: Alternative form of 揚
    (MC reading: 敭 (MC yang))
  36. 勨:
    (MC reading: 勨 (MC yangX|zjangX))
  37. 勷:
    (MC reading: 勷 (MC nyang))
  38. 嚷:
    (MC reading: 嚷)
  39. 詳:
    (MC reading: 詳 (MC yang|zjang))

Etymology 10

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 량 (ryang).

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

Syllable

양 (yang)

Extended content
  1. (South Korea) 良:
    (MC reading: 良 (MC ljang))
  2. (South Korea) 兩:
    (MC reading: 兩 (MC ljangX|ljangH))
  3. (South Korea) 量:
    (MC reading: 量 (MC ljang|ljangH))
  4. (South Korea) 涼:
    (MC reading: 涼 (MC ljang|ljangH))
  5. (South Korea) 梁:
    (MC reading: 梁 (MC ljang))
  6. (South Korea) 糧:
    (MC reading: 糧 (MC ljang))
  7. (South Korea) 諒:
    (MC reading: 諒 (MC ljangH))
  8. (South Korea) 亮:
    (MC reading: 亮 (MC ljangH))
  9. (South Korea) 倆:
    (MC reading: 倆)
  10. (South Korea) 樑:
    (MC reading: 樑 (MC ljang))
  11. (South Korea) 粱:
    (MC reading: 粱 (MC ljang))
  12. (South Korea) 輛:
    (MC reading: 輛)
  13. (South Korea) 駺:
    (MC reading: 駺 (MC lang))
  14. (South Korea) 俍:
    (MC reading: 俍 (MC langX))
  15. (South Korea) 喨:
    (MC reading: 喨)
  16. (South Korea) 悢:
    (MC reading: 悢 (MC ljangH))
  17. (South Korea) 踉:
    (MC reading: 踉 (MC ljang|lang|ljangH))
  18. (South Korea) 魎:
    (MC reading: 魎 (MC ljangX))
  19. (South Korea) 粮: Alternative form of 糧
    (MC reading: 粮 (MC ljang))
  20. (South Korea) 凉: Alternative form of 涼
    (MC reading: 凉 (MC ljang))
  21. (South Korea) 两: Alternative form of 兩
    (MC reading: 两)
  22. (South Korea) 掠:
    (MC reading: 掠 (MC ljangH))
  23. (South Korea) 椋:
    (MC reading: 椋 (MC ljang))

References

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