양

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽jaŋ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [jaŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

양 (yang)

1. yes

양 ᄋᆢᆺ ᄆᆞ리 (yang yawt mawri, “six sheep”)

Sino-Korean word from 羊.

양 (yang) (counter ᄆᆞ리)

1. sheep
2. goat

   Synonym: 염쉐 (yeomswe)

Sino-Korean word from 量 (“quantity”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

양 • (yang) (hanja 量)

1. quantity, amount

   Coordinate term: 질(質) (jil, “quality”)

• See the hanja entry at 量 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (量, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 羊 (“sheep, goat”)

양 (羊, yang, “sheep”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

양 • (yang) (counter 마리, hanja 羊)

1. sheep

• See the hanja entry at 羊 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (羊, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 陽 (“yang”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

양 • (yang) (hanja 陽)

1. (philosophy) yang (the essential male principle in East Asian religion or philosophy)

   Coordinate term: 음(陰) (eum)

• See the hanja entry at 陽 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (陽, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 孃 (“woman, girl”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

양 • (yang) (hanja 孃)

1. Miss (used after the names of young women, especially by older speakers)

   Coordinate term: 군(君) (gun, used for young men)

• See the hanja entry at 孃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (孃, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 兩 (“two”).

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

양 • (yang) (hanja 兩)

1. two; both

• See the hanja entry at 兩 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (兩, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 洋 (“ocean; Western (because Westerners came by sea)”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

양— • (yang-) (hanja 洋)

1. Western, European

   양의학 ― yang'uihak ― Western medicine

   양놈 ― yangnom ― Western bastards

   양파 ― yangpa ― onion (literally, “Western leek”)

—양 • (-yang) (hanja 洋)

1. ocean

   태평양 ― taepyeong'yang ― Pacific Ocean

• See the hanja entry at 洋 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (洋, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 良 (“good”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

1. The fourth-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to D in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.

   Coordinate terms: 수(秀) (su), 우(優) (u), 미(美) (mi), 가(可) (ga)

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

1. good

• See the hanja entry at 良 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (良, yang).

Sino-Korean word from 壤 (“yang”)

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

1. (uncommon) 10²⁸

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

1. soil; earth

• See the hanja entry at 壤 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (壤, yang).

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

양 (yang)

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. As the non-initial element of a compound, they are read as 량 (ryang).

In North Korea, after a language reform in the mid-twentieth century intended to make Sino-Korean readings uniform, they are always read as 량 (ryang)in all environments.

양 (yang)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).