읍

읍 U+C74D, 읍 HANGUL SYLLABLE EUB Composition: ㅇ + ㅡ + ㅂ ← 음 [U+C74C] Hangul Syllables 읎 → [U+C74E]

Korean

으윽윾윿은읁읂 읃을읅읆읇읈읉 읊읋음읍읎읏읐 응읒읓읔읕읖읗
유 ←	→ 의

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 邑

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯp̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [읍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eup
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eub
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭp
Yale Romanization?	up

Noun

읍 • (eup) (hanja 邑)

1. a town with at least 20000 residents.
   • 철탑이 무너진 뒤, 이 읍에는 한동안 전기가 공급되지 않았습니다.

     cheoltabi muneojin dwi, i eubeneun handong'an jeon'giga gonggeupdoeji anatseumnida.

     After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.

   (Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리(里) (ri), 동(洞) (dong), 면(面) (myeon), 읍(邑) (eup), 구(區) (gu), 군(郡) (gun), 시(市) (si), 도(道) (do)