양

양 U+C591, 양 HANGUL SYLLABLE YANG Composition: ㅇ + ㅑ + ㅇ ← 얐 [U+C590] Hangul Syllables 얒 → [U+C592]

야약앾앿얀얁얂 얃얄얅얆얇얈얉 얊얋얌얍얎얏얐 양얒얓얔얕얖얗
애 ←	→ 얘

See also: -양

Jeju

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽jaŋ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [jaŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

Etymology 1

Interjection

양 (yang)

1. yes

Synonyms

• ᄀᆞ (gaw)
• ᄋᆞ (aw)
• 기여 (giyeo)
• 야 (ya)
• 예계 (yegye)
• 으게 (euge)

Etymology 2

양 ᄋᆢᆺ ᄆᆞ리 (yang yawt mawri, “six sheep”)

Sino-Korean word from 羊.

Noun

양 (yang) (counter ᄆᆞ리)

1. sheep
2. goat

   Synonym: 염쉐 (yeomswe)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 量 (“quantity”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

South Korean Standard Language	양(量) (yang)
North Korean Standard Language	량(量) (ryang)

양 • (yang) (hanja 量)

1. quantity, amount

   Coordinate term: 질(質) (jil, “quality”)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 量 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (量, yang).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 羊 (“sheep, goat”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 양의 / 양에 / 양까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

양(羊) (yang, “sheep”)

양 • (yang) (counter 마리, hanja 羊)

1. sheep

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 羊 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (羊, yang).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 陽 (“yang”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

Noun

양 • (yang) (hanja 陽)

1. (philosophy) yang (the essential male principle in East Asian religion or philosophy)

   Coordinate term: 음(陰) (eum)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 陽 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (陽, yang).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 孃 (“woman, girl”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

Noun

양 • (yang) (hanja 孃)

1. Miss (used after the names of young women, especially by older speakers)

   Coordinate term: 군(君) (gun, used for young men)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 孃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (孃, yang).

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 兩 (“two”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yāng

Determiner

South Korean Standard Language	양(兩) (yang)
North Korean Standard Language	량(兩) (ryang)

양 • (yang) (hanja 兩)

1. two; both

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 兩 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (兩, yang).

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 洋 (“ocean; Western (because Westerners came by sea)”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

Prefix

양— • (yang-) (hanja 洋)

1. Western, European

   양의학 ― yang'uihak ― Western medicine

   양놈 ― yangnom ― Western bastards

   양파 ― yangpa ― onion (literally, “Western leek”)

Suffix

—양 • (-yang) (hanja 洋)

1. ocean

   태평양 ― taepyeong'yang ― Pacific Ocean

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 洋 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (洋, yang).

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 良 (“good”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [양]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yang
McCune–Reischauer?	yang
Yale Romanization?	yang

Noun

South Korean Standard Language	양(良) (yang)
North Korean Standard Language	량(良) (ryang)

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

1. The fourth-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to D in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.

   Coordinate terms: 수(秀) (su), 우(優) (u), 미(美) (mi), 가(可) (ga)

Affix

양 • (yang) (hanja 良)

1. good

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 良 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (良, yang).

Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 壤 (“soil”)

Numeral

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

1. (uncommon) 10²⁸

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Affix

양 • (yang) (hanja 壤)

1. soil; earth

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 壤 for Sino-Korean compounds of 양 (壤, yang).

Etymology 9

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

양 • (yang)

More information

1. 羊:

   (MC reading: 羊 (MC yang))

2. 洋:

   (MC reading: 洋 (MC yang|zjang))

3. 養:

   (MC reading: 養 (MC yangX|yangH))

4. 揚:

   (MC reading: 揚 (MC yang))

5. 陽:

   (MC reading: 陽 (MC yang))

6. 讓:

   (MC reading: 讓 (MC nyangH))

7. 壤:

   (MC reading: 壤 (MC nyangX))

8. 樣:

   (MC reading: 樣 (MC yangH))

9. 楊:

   (MC reading: 楊 (MC yang))

10. 襄:

    (MC reading: 襄 (MC sjang))

11. 孃:

    (MC reading: 孃 (MC nyang|nrjang))

12. 漾:

    (MC reading: 漾 (MC yangH))

13. 佯:

    (MC reading: 佯 (MC yang|dzjang))

14. 恙:

    (MC reading: 恙 (MC yangH))

15. 攘:

    (MC reading: 攘 (MC nyang|nyangX|nyangH))

16. 暘:

    (MC reading: 暘 (MC yang))

17. 瀁:

    (MC reading: 瀁 (MC yangX|yangH))

18. 煬:

    (MC reading: 煬 (MC yang|yangH))

19. 痒:

    (MC reading: 痒 (MC zjang|yangX))

20. 瘍:

    (MC reading: 瘍 (MC yang))

21. 禳:

    (MC reading: 禳 (MC nyang))

22. 穰:

    (MC reading: 穰 (MC nyang|nyangX))

23. 釀:

    (MC reading: 釀 (MC nrjangH))

24. 徉:

    (MC reading: 徉 (MC yang))

25. 瀼:

    (MC reading: 瀼 (MC nyang))

26. 烊:

    (MC reading: 烊 (MC yang))

27. 癢:

    (MC reading: 癢 (MC yangX))

28. 眻:

    (MC reading: 眻 (MC yang|yangH))

29. 蘘:

    (MC reading: 蘘 (MC nyang))

30. 輰:

    (MC reading: 輰 (MC yang))

31. 鑲:

    (MC reading: 鑲 (MC nyang|sjang|nrjang))

32. 颺:

    (MC reading: 颺 (MC yang|yangH))

33. 驤:

    (MC reading: 驤 (MC sjang))

34. 昜: alternative form of 陽

    (MC reading: 昜 (MC yang))

35. 敭: alternative form of 揚

    (MC reading: 敭 (MC yang))

36. 勨:

    (MC reading: 勨 (MC yangX|zjangX))

37. 勷:

    (MC reading: 勷 (MC nyang))

38. 嚷:

    (MC reading: 嚷)

39. 詳:

    (MC reading: 詳 (MC yang|zjang))

Etymology 10

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound. As the non-initial element of a compound, they are read as 량 (ryang).

In North Korea, after a language reform in the mid-twentieth century intended to make Sino-Korean readings uniform, they are always read as 량 (ryang)in all environments.

Syllable

양 • (yang)

More information

1. (South Korea) 良:

   (MC reading: 良 (MC ljang))

2. (South Korea) 兩:

   (MC reading: 兩 (MC ljangX|ljangH))

3. (South Korea) 量:

   (MC reading: 量 (MC ljang|ljangH))

4. (South Korea) 涼:

   (MC reading: 涼 (MC ljang|ljangH))

5. (South Korea) 梁:

   (MC reading: 梁 (MC ljang))

6. (South Korea) 糧:

   (MC reading: 糧 (MC ljang))

7. (South Korea) 諒:

   (MC reading: 諒 (MC ljangH))

8. (South Korea) 亮:

   (MC reading: 亮 (MC ljangH))

9. (South Korea) 倆:

   (MC reading: 倆)

10. (South Korea) 樑:

    (MC reading: 樑 (MC ljang))

11. (South Korea) 粱:

    (MC reading: 粱 (MC ljang))

12. (South Korea) 輛:

    (MC reading: 輛)

13. (South Korea) 駺:

    (MC reading: 駺 (MC lang))

14. (South Korea) 俍:

    (MC reading: 俍 (MC langX))

15. (South Korea) 喨:

    (MC reading: 喨)

16. (South Korea) 悢:

    (MC reading: 悢 (MC ljangH))

17. (South Korea) 踉:

    (MC reading: 踉 (MC ljang|lang|ljangH))

18. (South Korea) 魎:

    (MC reading: 魎 (MC ljangX))

19. (South Korea) 粮: alternative form of 糧

    (MC reading: 粮 (MC ljang))

20. (South Korea) 凉: alternative form of 涼

    (MC reading: 凉 (MC ljang))

21. (South Korea) 两: alternative form of 兩

    (MC reading: 两)

22. (South Korea) 掠:

    (MC reading: 掠 (MC ljangH))

23. (South Korea) 椋:

    (MC reading: 椋 (MC ljang))

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). [1]