수

Character	수
Hangul Syllables	U+C218
Composition	ㅅ + ㅜ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	t-n

Korean

Etymology 1

수 숙 숚 숛 순 숝 숞 숟 술 숡 숢 숣 숤 숥 숦 숧 숨 숩 숪 숫 숬 숭 숮 숯 숰 숱 숲 숳
쇼 ←	숴 →

Syllable

수 (transliterations: Revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅅ and ㅜ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

수 (su)

1. way, means, possibility
2. male (non-human)

Usage notes

After a future determiner and before, 수 (su, “possibility”) with a form of 있다 (itda, “to exist”) or 없다 (eopda, “not to exist”) may translate as a form of “can” or “cannot”, respectively:

• 갈 수가 없습니다.

  Gal suga eopsseumnida.

  [I] cannot go. (Literally, "The future going possibility does not exist.")

Antonyms

• (male): 암 (am, “female (non-human)”)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Noun

수 (su, hanja 數)

1. number
   • 수를 세다

     sureul seda

     to count (the number of)

수 (su, hanja 水)

1. water
2. river
3. (figuratively) north; winter; black

Abbreviation

수 (su) (hanja 水)

1. Abbreviation of 수요일 (suyoil): Wednesday