양

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양 U+C591, 양
HANGUL SYLLABLE YANG
Composition:ㅇ + ㅑ + ㅇ
← 얐
[U+C590] 		Hangul Syllables 얒 →
[U+C592]
야약앾앿얀얁얂
얃얄얅얆얇얈얉
얊얋얌얍얎얏얐
양얒얓얔얕얖얗
애 ←→ 얘
See also: -양

Jeju[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yang
Yale Romanization?yang

Etymology 1[edit]

Interjection[edit]

양 (yang)

  1. yes
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Sino-Korean word from 羊.

Noun[edit]

양 (yang) (counter ᄆᆞ리)

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

Korean[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 量 (“quantity”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yang
McCune–Reischauer?yang
Yale Romanization?yang
  • 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[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

양 (羊, yang, “sheep”)
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yang
McCune–Reischauer?yang
Yale Romanization?yang
  • 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[edit]

양 • (yang) (counter 마리, hanja 羊)

  1. sheep
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 陽 (“yang”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

양 • (yang) (hanja 陽)

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

Etymology 4[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 兩 (“two”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ja̠(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [양(ː)]
    • 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[edit]

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

양 • (yang) (hanja 兩)

  1. two; both
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 6[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Prefix[edit]

양— • (yang-) (hanja 洋)

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

Suffix[edit]

—양 • (-yang) (hanja 洋)

  1. ocean
    태평양 ― taepyeong'yang ― Pacific Ocean

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 7[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 良 (“good”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

  1. good
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 8[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 壤 (“yang”)

Numeral[edit]

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

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

Affix[edit]

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

  1. soil; earth
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 9[edit]

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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