See also: -도

(see above for the particle)

U+B3C4, 도
HANGUL SYLLABLE DO
Composition: +

[U+B3C3]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B3C5]
돆돇돉돊
돍돎돏
돔돕돖
돞돟
뎨 ←→ 돠

Jeju

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽to⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [to]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?do
Revised Romanization (translit.)?do
Yale Romanization?two

Etymology 1

Ultimately borrowed from Proto-Japonic *to; compare Japanese () (to).

Noun

(do)

  1. entrance

Etymology 2

Perhaps the native Koreanic word for "deity". Compare Proto-Japonic *ti (spirit).

Noun

(do)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) god, deity
    궤네깃gwenegitdogod of Gwenegi village

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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

Noun

• (do) (hanja )

  1. (government) province (in both Koreas)
    administrative divisions of South Koreaedit
  2. principle, reason; morals; (philosophy, Confucianism) the Way, the Tao
    Synonym: 도리(道理) (dori)
    닦다do-reul dakdato cultivate one's morals
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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

Noun

• (do) (hanja )

  1. (in idiomatic expressions) bound, limit, extent
    지나치다do-ga jinachidato take something too far / to go beyond moderation
    넘다do-reul neomdato go beyond bounds (in a negative way)

Counter

• (do) (hanja )

  1. degree of temperature
    섭씨 25seopssi isibo-do25 degrees Celsius
  2. (geometry) degree of an angle
    45 각도sasibo-do gakdoan angle of 45 degrees
  3. (geography) degree of longitude or latitude
    동경 125donggyeong baegisibo-dolongitude 125° E
  4. percentage of alcohol concentration

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English do or some other European language.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

• (do)

  1. do (musical note)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from .

Suffix

—도 • (-do) (hanja )

  1. (geography) island
    제주 (濟州)Jeju Island
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

• (do)