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Korean
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | yong |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yong |
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McCune–Reischauer? | yong |
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Yale Romanization? | yong |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 龍 (“dragon”).
Noun
용 • (yong) (counter 마리, hanja 龍)
- (South Korea) dragon
개천에서 용 났다.- gaecheoneseo yong natda.
- A dragon has emerged out of a brook. — This is said when a great man emerged out of the most unlikely background. That is, what appears so unlikely happened strikingly in reality. It also suggests that a long river can be an analogy, embodiment, or at least the birthplace of a dragon.
이 논엔 용이 올라갔다.- i nonen yong'i ollagatda.
- The dragon has risen. — Idiom meaning that there is no water in this paddy.
Usage notes
The original Sino-Korean reading 룡 (ryong) is used when the hanja 용(龍) (yong) is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word.
- 룡(龍) (ryong) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
- 한물 (hanmul, “flood; prime, season (the best time)”)
- 큰물 (keunmul, “flood”)
Etymology 2
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
용 (yong)
- 用:
- (MC reading: 用 (MC yowngH))
- 勇:
- (MC reading: 勇 (MC yowngX))
- 容:
- (MC reading: 容 (MC yowng))
- 庸:
- (MC reading: 庸 (MC yowng))
- 溶:
- (MC reading: 溶 (MC yowng|yowngX))
- 鎔:
- (MC reading: 鎔 (MC yowng))
- 瑢:
- (MC reading: 瑢 (MC yowng))
- 榕:
- (MC reading: 榕)
- 蓉:
- (MC reading: 蓉 (MC yowng))
- 涌:
- (MC reading: 涌 (MC yowngX))
- 埇:
- (MC reading: 埇 (MC yowngX))
- 踊:
- (MC reading: 踊 (MC yowngX))
- 鏞:
- (MC reading: 鏞 (MC yowng))
- 茸:
- (MC reading: 茸 (MC nyowng))
- 墉:
- (MC reading: 墉 (MC yowng))
- 甬:
- (MC reading: 甬 (MC yowngX))
- 俑:
- (MC reading: 俑 (MC thuwng|yowngX))
- 傭:
- (MC reading: 傭 (MC yowng|trhjowng))
- 慂:
- (MC reading: 慂 (MC yowngX))
- 聳:
- (MC reading: 聳 (MC sjowngX))
- 傛:
- (MC reading: 傛 (MC yowng|yowngX))
- 槦:
- (MC reading: 槦 (MC yowng))
- 宂:
- (MC reading: 宂 (MC nyowngX))
- 㦶:
- (MC reading: 㦶)
- 嵱:
- (MC reading: 嵱 (MC yowng))
- 慵:
- (MC reading: 慵 (MC dzyowng))
- 憃:
- (MC reading: 憃 (MC syowng|trhaewng|trhjowngH))
- 硧:
- (MC reading: 硧)
- 舂:
- (MC reading: 舂 (MC syowng))
- 蛹:
- (MC reading: 蛹 (MC yowngX))
- 踴:
- (MC reading: 踴 (MC yowngX))
- 熔: Alternative form of 鎔
- (MC reading: 熔)
- 湧: Alternative form of 涌
- (MC reading: 湧 (MC yowngX))
- 冗: Alternative form of 宂
- (MC reading: 冗)
- 頌:
- (MC reading: 頌 (MC yowng|zjowngH))
- 鱅:
- (MC reading: 鱅 (MC yowng|dzyowng))
- 癰:
- (MC reading: 癰 (MC 'jowng))
Etymology 3
South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 룡 (ryong).
Syllable
용 (yong)
- (South Korea) 龍:
- (MC reading: 龍 (MC ljowng))
- (South Korea) 龒:
- (MC reading: 龒)
- (South Korea) 竜: Alternative form of 龍
- (MC reading: 竜)
Usage notes
In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 룡 (ryong) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 룡 (ryong) to 용 (yong) is known as 두음 법칙(頭音法則) (dueum beopchik).
- 룡 (ryong) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)
References