요

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Contents 1 Korean 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Syllable 1.1.1.1 Usage notes 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 Particle 1.2.2.1 Usage notes

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[edit] Etymology 1

요 욕 욖 욗 욘 욙 욚 욛 욜 욝 욞 욟 욠 욡 욢 욣 욤 욥 욦 욧 욨 용 욪 욫 욬 욭 욮 욯
외 ←	우 →

[edit] Syllable

요 (transliterations: Revised yo, Yale yo)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ and ㅛ.

[edit] Usage notes

• Keystroke sequence on a South Korean dubeolsik keyboard: d-y.
• Unicode representation: U+C694

[edit] Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

[edit] Noun

요 (yo)

1. bedspread

[edit] Particle

요 (yo)

1. (Sentence-final particle for verbs and adjectives in the 해요체 (haeyoche, “polite”) speech level)

   해요

   haeyo

   does

[edit] Usage notes

In the 해요체 (haeyoche, “polite”) speech level, there is no explicit marker to distinguish between indicative, interrogative, imperative, and hortative moods. The mood distinction is made with punctuation (e.g. “?”, “!”) and pitch (e.g. rising for interrogative) only.