을

(see here for suffixes and particles)

유 ←	→ 의
으윽윾윿은읁읂 읃을읅읆읇읈읉 읊읋음 읍읎읏읐 응읒읓읔읕읖읗

을	U+C744, 을 HANGUL SYLLABLE EUL

Composition:

ㅇ + ㅡ + ㄹ

← 읃
[U+C743]

Hangul Syllables

읅 →
[U+C745]

See also: -을

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [을]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	eul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	eul
McCune–Reischauer^?	ŭl
Yale Romanization^?	ul

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 乙 (乙); this character is the second of the Heavenly Stems, and is therefore used in contracts and legal documents as the equivalent to "Party B" (i.e. the obligated party).

Noun

을 • (eul) (hanja 乙)

B; used to enumerate the second of a group of unnamed people or objects
Coordinate terms: 갑(甲) (gap, “A”), 병(丙) (byeong, “C”), 정(丁) (jeong, “D”)
(idiomatic) the weaker or disadvantaged party in a relationship between two sides
Antonym: 갑(甲) (gap, “the stronger party”)

기업 이 갑 이고 정부 가 을이다.
gieob-i gab-igo jeongbu-ga eul-ida.
The corporations have the advantages and the government is disadvantaged.
the second of the ten heavenly stems

Usage notes

Often written in hanja.

Coordinate terms

one of ten heavenly stems

갑 (甲, gap, “first”)
병 (丙, byeong, “third”)
정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)
무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
경 (庚, gyeong, “seventh”)
신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
임 (壬, im, “ninth”)
계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

을 (eul)

Extended content
乙 (乙): (MC reading: 乙 (MC ʔˠiɪt̚)) 圪 (圪): (MC reading: 圪 (MC ŋˠiɪt̚, ŋɨt̚)) 鳦 (鳦): (MC reading: 鳦 (MC ʔˠiɪt̚))

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