류

See also: 异
류 U+B958, 류
HANGUL SYLLABLE RYU
Composition:ㄹ + ㅠ
← 륗
[U+B957] 		Hangul Syllables 륙 →
[U+B959]
류륙륚륛륜륝륞
륟률륡륢륣륤륥
륦륧륨륩륪륫륬
륭륮륯륰륱륲륳
뤼 ←→ 르

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɾju(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [류(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ryu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lyu
McCune–Reischauer?ryu
Yale Romanization?lyū

Noun

류 • (ryu) (hanja 類)

  1. type; kind; sort
    그런 류의 사고는 다시는 일어나면 안 된다.
    Geureon ryu-ui sago-neun dasi-neun ireonamyeon an doenda.
    An accident of that sort must never again happen.

Usage notes

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.

Suffix

—류 • (-ryu) (hanja 類)

  1. type; category

Derived terms
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