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U+C6D0, 원
HANGUL SYLLABLE WEON
Composition: + +

[U+C6CF]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C6D1]




우 ←→ 웨

Korean

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Etymology 1

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원 (sense 1): Obverse of a 10,000 South Korean won note

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese (yuán, circle” > “round coin) referring to the piece of eight (compare Japanese (en), Mandarin (yuán)). Doublet of (en, yen (Japanese currency)) and 위안 (wian, yuan (Chinese currency)).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?won
McCune–Reischauer?wŏn
Yale Romanization?wen

Noun

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(won)

  1. won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = (KRW)
  2. won; the official currency of North Korea (KPW)
Usage notes
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The syllable can only be written in hangul even when writing in hanja-mixed script if it means the currency, although this word is a Sino-Korean vocabulary.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Burmese: ဝေါန် (waun)
  • English: won
    • Vietnamese: uôn
  • German: Won
  • French: won
  • Japanese: ウォン (won)
  • Russian: вона (vona)
  • Thai: วอน (wɔɔn)

See also

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Etymology 2

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Orthographic borrowing from Chinese (yuán).

Noun

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(won)

  1. (mathematics) circle
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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Korean cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : (won)

From English one.

Noun

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(won)

  1. (informal) one
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Syllable

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(won) (incomplete list)