유

Sino-Korean word from 有, from the Middle Korean reading 유 (Yale: yu).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ju(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [유(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

유 • (yu) (hanja 有)

1. existence, being (especially in contrast to the concept of nothingness or non-existence)

   Antonym: 무(無) (mu, “nothing, nothingness”)

   무에서 유를 창조하다

   mu-eseo yu-reul changjohada

   to create something out of nothing

   • 1918, Han Yong-un, 한용운(韓龍雲), “心(심) (Sim) [The Heart]”, in 惟(유)心(심), number 1:

     心(심)은 無(무)의 實(실)在(재)오 有(유)의 眞(진)空(공)이니라

     Sim-eun mu-ui siljae-o yu-ui jin'gong-inira

     The heart is the manifestation of non-existence and the vacuum of existence.

유— • (yu-) (hanja 有)

1. there is..., having...; a prefix indicating the existence of something

   유의미 (有意味) ― yuuimi ― meaningful

   유자격 (有資格) ― yujagyeok ― qualified (lit. having qualifications)

• 유(有)하다 (yuhada)
• See the hanja entry at 有 for Sino-Korean compounds of (有, yu).

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ju(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [유(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

유 • (yu) (hanja 類)

1. alternative form of 류(類) (ryu, “type; kind; sort”)
2. (biology, taxonomy) a family or genus

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.

• See the hanja entry at 類 for Sino-Korean compounds of (類, yu).

• 류(類) (ryu, “type; category”)

Borrowed from English u.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ju]
• Phonetic hangul: [유]

유 • (yu)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

• Latin script letter names: 에이 (ei) · 비 (bi) · 씨 (ssi) · 디 (di) · 이 (i) · 에프 (epeu) · 쥐 (jwi) · 에이치 (eichi) · 아이 (ai) · 제이 (jei) · 케이 (kei) · 엘 (el) · 엠 (em) · 엔 (en) · 오 (o) · 피 (pi) · 큐 (kyu) · 알 (al) · 에스 (eseu) · 티 (ti) · (yu) · 브이 (beu'i) · 더블유 (deobeuryu) · 엑스 (ekseu) · 와이 (wai) · 제드 (jedeu)/지 (ji) ^[edit]

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

유 • (yu)