을

을	U+C744, 을 HANGUL SYLLABLE EUL

Composition:

ㅇ + ㅡ + ㄹ

← 읃
[U+C743]

Hangul Syllables

읅 →
[U+C745]

See also: -을

(see here for suffixes and particles)

유 ←	→ 의
으 윽 윾 윿 은 읁 읂 읃을읅 읆 읇 읈 읉 읊 읋 음 읍 읎 읏 읐 응 읒 읓 읔 읕 읖 읗

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; 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 eur-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)

More information

乙:
(MC reading: 乙 (MC 'it))
圪:
(MC reading: 圪 (MC ngit|ngj+t))
鳦:
(MC reading: 鳦 (MC 'it))