이
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Syllable
이 (transliterations: Revised i, Yale i)
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Etymology 2
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as 니 (Yale: ni).
[edit] Noun
이 (i)
[edit] Alternative spellings
- 니 (ni) (archaic, now suffixal)
- 이 없으면 잇몸으로 산다. Without teeth, live with the gum.
[edit] Synonyms
- 이빨 (ippal) (as of beasts)
[edit] Etymology 3
First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as 니 (Yale: ni).
[edit] Noun
이 (i)
[edit] Derived terms
- 거웃니 (geounni) pubic louse
- 머릿니 (meorinni) head louse
- 옷엣니 (osenni) body louse
[edit] Etymology 4
First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum eonhae (訓民正音諺解本 / 훈민정음언해본), 1447.
[edit] Determiner
이 (i)
- this
- 이 그림을 본 적이 있다. (i geurimeul bon jeogi itda.) I have seen this picture.
[edit] Pronoun
이 (i)
- this (thing)
[edit] Etymology 5
Of native Korean origin.
[edit] Particle
이 (i)
- Particle marking a grammatical subject ending with a consonant.
[edit] Synonyms
- 가 (ga) (marks a grammatical subject ending with a vowel)
[edit] See also
- 은 (eun) (marks a topic word or phrase ending with a consonant)
- 는 (neun) (marks a topic word or phrase ending with a vowel)
- 을 (eul) (marks a direct object ending with a consonant)
- 를 (reul) (marks a direct object ending with a vowel)
[edit] Etymology 6
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
[edit] Alternative spellings
- 리 (ri) (North Korean) (for many but not all characters)
[edit] Noun
이 (i)
[edit] Number
[edit] Usage notes
- Used primarily with Sino-Korean count words, or in reading numbers literally.
[edit] Proper noun
이 (I, hanja 李)
| Hanja in this word | |||||||
| 李 | |||||||
- The second most common Korean surname.
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Syllable
이 (i)
- 李: plum tree
- 二: two
- 理: ruling
- 里: village
- 利: beneficial
- 以: 써
- 異: other
- 移: moving
- 伊: that
- 離: leaving
- 耳: ear
- 梨: pear tree
- 吏: petty official
- 而: continuing speech
- 易: easy
- 已: already
- 夷: barbarian
- 貳: two
- 彛 :
- 怡 :
- 爾 :
- 裏 :
- 履 :
- 裡 :
- 痍 :
- 珥 :
- 痢 :
- 餌 :
- 姨:
- 飴:
- 泥 :
- 罹 :
- 肄 :
- 苡 :
- 荑 :
- 貽 :
- 邇:
[edit] Synonyms
(two): 둘 (dul) (native Korean)

