유

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

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

유 • (yu) (hanja 有)

1. existence, being (especially in contrast to the concept of nothingness or non-existence)

   Antonym: 무(無) (mu, “nothing, nothingness”)

   무에서 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.

유— • (yu-) (hanja 有)

1. 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)

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

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

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

유 • (yu) (hanja 類)

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

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.

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

• 류(類) (ryu, “type; category”)

Borrowed from English u.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
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유 • (yu)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

• (Latin-script letter names) 에이 (ei), 비 (bi), 씨 (ssi), 디 (di), 이 (i), 에프 (epeu), 쥐 (jwi), 에이치 (eichi) 아이 (ai), 제이 (jei), 케이 (kei), 엘 (el), 엠 (em), 엔 (en), 오 (o), 피 (pi), 큐 (kyu), 알 (al), 에스 (eseu), 티 (ti), 유 (yu), 브이 (beu'i), 더블유 (deobeuryu), 엑스 (ekseu), 와이 (wai), 제드 (jedeu)/지 (ji) ^{(Category: ko:Latin letter names)}

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

유 (yu)