은

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은 U+C740, 은
HANGUL SYLLABLE EUN
Composition:ㅇ + ㅡ + ㄴ
← 윿
 		Hangul Syllables 읁 →
으윽윾윿은읁읂
읃을읅읆읇읈읉
읊읋음읍읎읏읐
응읒읓읔읕읖읗
유 ←→ 의
See also: -은

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eun
McCune–Reischauer?ŭn
Yale Romanization?un

Etymology 1

Chemical element
Ag
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Sino-Korean word from 銀 (“silver”).

Noun

은 • (eun) (hanja 銀)

  1. silver
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Particle

은 • (eun)

  1. See the entry at 은 (-eun).

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

은 (eun)

More information
  1. 恩: favor; mercy
    (eumhun reading: 은혜 은 (eunhye eun))
    (MC reading: 恩 (MC 'on))
  2. 銀: silver
    (eumhun reading: 은 은 (eun eun))
    (MC reading: 銀 (MC ngin))
  3. 隱: to hide
    (eumhun reading: 숨다 은 (sumda eun))
    (MC reading: 隱 (MC 'j+nX|'j+nH))
  4. 垠: boundary; riverbank
    (MC reading: 垠 (MC ngin|ngj+n|ngon))
  5. 殷: magnificent; blood red; sound of thunder
    (MC reading: 殷 (MC 'j+n|'ean))
  6. 誾: speak gently
    (MC reading: 誾 (MC ngin))
  7. 溵:
    (MC reading: 溵 (MC 'j+n))
  8. 珢:
    (MC reading: 珢 (MC ngin))
  9. 慇:
    (MC reading: 慇 (MC 'j+n))
  10. 濦:
    (MC reading: 濦)
  11. 㒚:
    (MC reading: 㒚 (MC 'j+nH))
  12. 听:
    (MC reading: 听 (MC ngjinX|ngj+nX))
  13. 𤨒: personal name
    (eumhun reading: 사람 이름 은 (saram ireum eun))
    (MC reading: 𤨒)
  14. 圻:
    (MC reading: 圻 (MC ngj+n|ngon))
  15. 蘟:
    (MC reading: 蘟)
  16. 檼:
    (MC reading: 檼 (MC 'j+nH))
  17. 檃:
    (MC reading: 檃)
  18. 蒑:
    (MC reading: 蒑)
  19. 泿:
    (MC reading: 泿 (MC ngin|ngon))
  20. 蒽:
    (MC reading: 蒽)
  21. 憖:
    (MC reading: 憖 (MC nginH))
  22. 圁:
    (MC reading: 圁 (MC ngin))
  23. 嶾:
    (MC reading: 嶾 (MC 'j+nX))
  24. 𪙤:
    (MC reading: 𪙤 (MC ngjinX))
  25. 𰜩 (𰜩):
    (MC reading: 𰜩)
  26. 嚚:
    (MC reading: 嚚 (MC ngin))
  27. 垽:
    (MC reading: 垽 (MC nginH|ngj+nH))
  28. 狺:
    (MC reading: 狺 (MC ngin|ngj+n))
  29. 癮:
    (MC reading: 癮 (MC 'j+nX))
  30. 訔:
    (MC reading: 訔 (MC ngin))
  31. 鄞:
    (MC reading: 鄞 (MC ngin|ngj+n))
  32. 齗:
    (MC reading: 齗 (MC ngj+n|ngjinX))
  33. 𨶡: Alternative form of 誾
    (MC reading: 𨶡)

References

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