을

을 U+C744, 을 HANGUL SYLLABLE EUL Composition: ㅇ + ㅡ + ㄹ ← 읃 [U+C743] Hangul Syllables 읅 → [U+C745]

See also: -을

(see here for suffixes and particles)

으윽윾윿은읁읂 읃을읅읆읇읈읉 읊읋음읍읎읏읐 응읒읓읔읕읖읗
유 ←	→ 의

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [을]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eul
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭl
Yale Romanization?	ul

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 乙; this character is the second of the Heavenly Stems, and is therefore used in contracts and legal documents as the equivalent to "Party B" (i.e. the obligated party).

Noun

을 • (eul) (hanja 乙)

1. B; used to enumerate the second of a group of unnamed people or objects

   Coordinate terms: 갑(甲) (gap, “A”), 병(丙) (byeong, “C”), 정(丁) (jeong, “D”)

2. (idiomatic) the weaker or disadvantaged party in a relationship between two sides

   Antonym: 갑(甲) (gap, “the stronger party”)

   기업이 갑이고 정부가 을이다.

   Gieob-i gab-igo jeongbu-ga eur-ida.

   The corporations have the advantages and the government is disadvantaged.

3. the second of the ten heavenly stems

Usage notes

• Often written in hanja.

Coordinate terms

one of ten heavenly stems

• 갑 (甲, gap, “first”)
• 병 (丙, byeong, “third”)
• 정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)
• 무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
• 기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
• 경 (庚, gyeong, “seventh”)
• 신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
• 임 (壬, im, “ninth”)
• 계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

을 (eul)

Extended content
乙: (MC reading: 乙 (MC 'it)) 圪: (MC reading: 圪 (MC ngit|ngj+t)) 鳦: (MC reading: 鳦 (MC 'it))