둘

Korean

Etymology 1

두둑둒둓둔둕둖 둗둘둙둚둛둜둝 둞둟둠둡둢둣둤 둥둦둧둨둩둪둫
됴 ←	→ 둬

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 둘 • (dul)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄷ, ㅜ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin. First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103. as *途孛 (MC duo buət̚) (Middle Korean: 두ᄫᅳᆯ (twuwul)).

1103, (deprecated template usage) 《계림유사》

二曰途孛

Also attested in the Joseon gwannyeogeo (朝鮮館驛語 / 조선관역어), 1403~1424, as Middle Korean 두ᄫᅳᆯ (Yale: twuwul).

1403~1424, (deprecated template usage) 《조선관역어》 數目門

編號:537

詞彙:二

訓讀:都卜二

音讀:移

Also attested in the Hunminjeong'eum eonhae (訓民正音諺解本 / 훈민정음언해본), 1446, as Middle Korean 둟 (Yale: twulh).

1446, (deprecated template usage) 《훈민정음 언해본》 13 ㄴ

二ᄂᆞᆫ 둘히라

zinon twulhila

Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 둟 (Yale: twulh).

1447, (deprecated template usage) 《석보상절》 6:26

둘히 어우러

twul.hi ewule

Also attested in the Iryun haengsildo (二倫行實圖 / 이륜행실도), 1518 (Oksan Seowon ed.), as Middle Korean 두욿 (Yale: twuwulh).

1518, (deprecated template usage) 《이륜행실도》 옥 47:ㄱ

이쳔 션ᄉᆡᆼ을 뵈더니 이쳔니 눈 ᄀᆞᆷ고 안젓거ᄂᆞᆯ 두울히 뫼셔 셧더니

ichyen syensoyng.ul poyteni ichyenni nwun komkwo anceskenol twuwul.hi moysye syesteni

Alternative forms

• 두 (du)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tu(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [둘(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dul
McCune–Reischauer?	tul
Yale Romanization?	twūl

Numeral

Korean cardinal numbers

<  1	2	3  >
Cardinal : 둘     Ordinal : 두째

둘 • (dul)

1. two

Noun

둘 • (dul)

1. two

   그는 또한 러시아어로 시를 쓰는데, 그의 시 중 일부는 에스페란토어와 러시아어 버전 둘 다 존재한다.

   geuneun ttohan reosia'eoro sireul sseuneunde, geuui si jung ilbuneun eseuperanto'eowa reosia'eo beojeon dul da jonjaehanda.

   He also writes poetry in Russian, and some poems of his exist in both Esperanto and Russian versions.

   2008, Geoffrey Sutton, Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto, Mondial, →ISBN, page 572

Synonyms

• 이 (二, i, “two”) (Sino-Korean)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

둘— • (dul-)

1. (of a female animal) sterile

Derived terms

• 둘암말 (durammal, “sterile mare”)
• 둘암소 (duramso, “sterile cow”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

둘 (dul)

1. 乧:

   (MC reading: 乧)

2. 㐈:

   (MC reading: 㐈)

3. 㐙:

   (MC reading: 㐙)

Usage notes

The first three characters are 국자 (國字, gukja) used for hanja transcription of native Korean words.

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 11. [1]