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Character  권 
Unicode name HANGUL SYLLABLE GWEON
Hangul Syllables U+AD8C
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Dubeolsik keyboard entry r-n-j-s

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Korean [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]




군 ←

궨 →

Syllable [edit]

(transliterations: Revised gwon, McCune–Reischauer kwŏn, Yale kwen)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of , , and .

Etymology 2 [edit]

Sino-Korean word from  (“scroll”) .

Determiner [edit]

(gwon, hanja )

  1. volumes
    • ; 두; 세; 네
      hangwon; dugwon; segwon; negwon
      one volume; two volumes; three volumes; four volumes

Usage notes [edit]

As with most Korean counters (a.k.a. classifiers), (gwon) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also [edit]

  • Counters: (si, “o'clock”), 시간 (sigan, “hours”), (beon, “times”), (sal, “years”), 사람 (saram, “people”), (bun, “(honorific) people”), 마리 (mari, “animals”), (gap, “cases”), (chae, “houses”)

Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

(gwon, hanja )

  1. volume; book