원

원 U+C6D0, 원 HANGUL SYLLABLE WEON Composition: ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ ← 웏 [U+C6CF] Hangul Syllables 웑 → [U+C6D1]

워웍웎웏원웑웒 웓월웕웖웗웘웙 웚웛웜웝웞웟웠 웡웢웣웤웥웦웧
우 ←	→ 웨

Korean

Etymology 1

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

Sino-Korean word from 圓, an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 圓 / 圆 (yuán, “circle” > “round coin”) referring to the piece of eight (compare Japanese 円 (en), Mandarin 元 (yuán)). Doublet of 엔 (en, “yen (Japanese currency)”) and 위안 (wian, “yuan (Chinese currency)”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [원]

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

Noun

원 • (won)

1. won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW)
2. won; the official currency of North Korea, sign = ₩ (KPW)
3. (China, less common in North Korea) yuan; the official currency of China, sign = ￥ (CNY)

Usage notes

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

• 원화 (wonhwa)

Descendants

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

See also

• 원 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko
• 대한민국 원 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko
• 조선민주주의인민공화국 원 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 圓 (“circle”), an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 圓 / 圆 (yuán).

Noun

원 • (won) (hanja 圓)

1. (mathematics) circle

Synonyms

• 동그라미 (donggeurami)

Etymology 3

Korean cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 원 (won)

From English one.

Noun

원 • (won)

1. one

Synonyms

• 일 (il)
• 하나 (hana)

Derived terms

• 넘버원 (neombeowon)
• 원룸 (wonnum)

Etymology 4

Syllable

원 • (won) (incomplete list)

1. 原
2. 元
3. 員
4. 院
5. 源
6. 援
7. 圓
8. 遠
9. 園
10. 媛
11. 願
12. 怨
13. 瑗
14. 苑
15. 猿
16. 愿
17. 寃
18. 鴛
19. 阮
20. 湲