수

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See also: 㐃
수 U+C218, 수
HANGUL SYLLABLE SU
Composition:ㅅ + ㅜ
← 숗
[U+C217] 		Hangul Syllables 숙 →
[U+C219]
수숙숚숛순숝숞
숟술숡숢숣숤숥
숦숧숨숩숪숫숬
숭숮숯숰숱숲숳
쇼 ←→ 숴

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 手 (“hand, way”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú). However, the dependent noun is usually not written in hanja.

The word somewhat displaced the native dependent noun 줄 (jul, “fact, ability”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [수]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swu

Dependent noun

수 • (su) (usually no hanja; sometimes 手)

  1. (after verbal or adjectival adnominals) way, means, possibility, ability; used to express ability, in constructions equivalent to the English modal "can"
    그러는 수밖에 없겠네.
    Geureoneun subakke eopgenne.
    I suppose that's all you can do.
    (literally, “[I suppose] there is no way but to do that.”)
    움직일 수가 없다.
    Umjigil su-ga eopda.
    I can't move.
    (literally, “I lack the ability to move.”)
    중국을 갔을 수도 있어요.
    Junggug-eul gasseul su-do isseo-yo.
    He might have gone to China as well.
    (literally, “There is also the possibility that he went to China.”)
Usage notes
  • Some speakers mistakenly believe that the element 수 (su) in the suffix 을수록 (eulsurok, “the more...”) is this dependent noun, but in reality this is a reflex of Middle Korean ᄉᆞ (Yale: so).

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 手)

  1. (board games) move
    한 수만 더 두면 외통수다.
    Han su-man deo dumyeon oetongsuda.
    Just one more move, and it's checkmate.
  2. (originally board games, also figurative) ability, talent, skill
    최소한 영어는 내가 걔보단 한 수 위야.
    Choesohan yeong'eo-neun nae-ga gyaebodan han su wi-ya.
    At the very least, my skill in English is a notch better than hers.

Suffix

—수 • (-su) (hanja 手)

  1. -er; -ist

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 數 (“number”), from the Middle Korean reading 수〯 (Yale: swǔ).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swū
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 수의 / 수에 / 수까지

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

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 數)

  1. number
    Synonyms: 숫자 (sutja), 개수 (gaesu)
  2. (less common) destiny, fate (especially a favorable one)
    Synonym: 운수(運數) (unsu)

Determiner

수 • (su) (hanja 數)

  1. a few, several
    수 킬로미터 ― su killomiteo ― several kilometers
    수십 명 ― susip myeong ― several tens of people
Usage notes

When used before a numeral, this word is not spaced.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 숳〮 (Yale: swúh).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

수 • (su)

  1. (uncommon, usually used as a prefix) male (non-human)
    Synonym: (much more common) 수컷 (sukeot)
    Antonym: 암 (am, “female”)

Prefix

수— • (su-)

  1. male (non-human)
    Antonym: 암 (am, “female”)
  2. (of objects that fit together) protruding
    Antonym: 암 (am, “concave, curving inwards”)
Usage notes

As the relic of the Middle Korean coda /-h/ now lost in Modern Korean, the prefix usually aspirates a subsequent plosive.

Derived terms

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Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 水 (“water”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 水)

  1. water, as one of the Five Phases of East Asian cosmology
    Synonym: (in general) 물 (mul, “water”)
    Coordinate terms: 목(木) (mok, “tree”), 화(火) (hwa, “fire”), 토(土) (to, “earth”), 금(金) (geum, “metal”)
    Hypernym: 오행(五行) (ohaeng, “Five Phases”)
  2. Short for 수요일(水曜日) (suyoil): Wednesday
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 繡 (“embroidering”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〯 (Yale: syǔ).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?su
Revised Romanization (translit.)?su
McCune–Reischauer?su
Yale Romanization?swū

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 繡)

  1. embroidering (in cloth)
    비단에 수를 놓다 ― bidan-e su-reul nota ― to embroider silk
    Synonym: 자수(刺繡) (jasu)
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 首 (“head”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〮 (Yale: syú).

Pronunciation

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

Counter

수 • (su) (hanja 首)

  1. A counter for poems.
  2. (formal) A counter for animals.
    Synonym: (more common) 마리 (mari)
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 受 (“accept”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈 (Yale: syù).

The sense of "bottom" is orthographic borrowing from Japanese 受け (uke).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 受)

  1. (Buddhism, philosophy) vedanā (sensation in Buddhist philosophy)
  2. (slang) bottom (in a gay sexual relationship)
    Synonym: 바텀 (bateom)
    Antonym: 공(攻) (gong)
Derived terms

Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 髓 (“bone marrow”), from the Middle Korean reading 슈〯 (Yale: syǔ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 髓)

  1. (logging) pith (of wood)
    Synonym: 수심(樹心) (susim)
  2. (uncommon) bone marrow
    Synonym: 골수(骨髓) (golsu)
Derived terms

Etymology 9

Sino-Korean word from 隋 (“the Sui”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

수 • (Su) (hanja 隋)

  1. (formal, academic) the Sui, a short-lived Chinese dynasty
    Synonym: 수나라 (Sunara, “the Sui”, usual non-academic term)
Usage notes

As with all historical Chinese polities with a single-character name, the Sui are usually referred to with the suffix 나라 (nara, “nation, country”) as 수나라 (Sunara, “the Sui country”) outside of academia.

Derived terms

Etymology 10

Sino-Korean word from 守 (“defend”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

수 • (su) (hanja 守)

  1. (historical) From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, two government offices both belonging to the 정사품(正四品) (jeongsapum, “upper degree of the fourth rank of government”):
    1. An office supervising court food supplies
    2. An honorary office given to distant royal relatives
Derived terms

Etymology 11

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

수 (su)

More information
  1. 水:
    (MC reading: 水 (MC sywijX))
  2. 手:
    (MC reading: 手 (MC syuwX))
  3. 受:
    (MC reading: 受 (MC dzyuwX))
  4. 授:
    (MC reading: 授 (MC dzyuwH))
  5. 首:
    (MC reading: 首 (MC syuwX|syuwH))
  6. 守:
    (MC reading: 守 (MC syuwX|syuwH))
  7. 收:
    (MC reading: 收 (MC syuw|syuwH))
  8. 誰:
    (MC reading: 誰 (MC dzywij))
  9. 須:
    (MC reading: 須 (MC sju))
  10. 雖:
    (MC reading: 雖 (MC swij))
  11. 愁:
    (MC reading: 愁 (MC dzrjuw))
  12. 樹:
    (MC reading: 樹 (MC dzyuX|dzyuH))
  13. 壽:
    (MC reading: 壽 (MC dzyuwX|dzyuwH))
  14. 數:
    (MC reading: 數 (MC srjuX|srjuH|sraewk))
  15. 修:
    (MC reading: 修 (MC sjuw))
  16. 秀:
    (MC reading: 秀 (MC sjuwH))
  17. 囚:
    (MC reading: 囚 (MC zjuw))
  18. 需:
    (MC reading: 需 (MC sju))
  19. 帥:
    (MC reading: 帥 (MC srwijH|srwit))
  20. 殊:
    (MC reading: 殊 (MC dzyu))
  21. 隨:
    (MC reading: 隨 (MC zjwe))
  22. 輸:
    (MC reading: 輸 (MC syu|syuH))
  23. 獸:
    (MC reading: 獸 (MC syuwH))
  24. 睡:
    (MC reading: 睡 (MC dzyweH))
  25. 遂:
    (MC reading: 遂 (MC zwijH))
  26. 垂:
    (MC reading: 垂 (MC dzywe))
  27. 搜:
    (MC reading: 搜)
  28. 洙:
    (MC reading: 洙 (MC dzyu))
  29. 琇:
    (MC reading: 琇 (MC yuwX|sjuwH))
  30. 銖:
    (MC reading: 銖 (MC dzyu))
  31. 粹:
    (MC reading: 粹 (MC swijH))
  32. 穗:
    (MC reading: 穗 (MC zwijH))
  33. 繡:
    (MC reading: 繡 (MC sjuwH))
  34. 隋:
    (MC reading: 隋 (MC zjwe|thwaX))
  35. 髓:
    (MC reading: 髓 (MC sjweX))
  36. 袖:
    (MC reading: 袖 (MC zjuwH))
  37. 嗽:
    (MC reading: 嗽 (MC suwH|suwk|sraewk))
  38. 嫂:
    (MC reading: 嫂 (MC sawX))
  39. 岫:
    (MC reading: 岫 (MC zjuwH))
  40. 戍:
    (MC reading: 戍 (MC syuH))
  41. 漱:
    (MC reading: 漱 (MC srjuwH|suwH))
  42. 燧:
    (MC reading: 燧 (MC zwijH))
  43. 狩:
    (MC reading: 狩 (MC syuwH))
  44. 璲:
    (MC reading: 璲 (MC zwijH))
  45. 瘦:
    (MC reading: 瘦 (MC srjuwH))
  46. 綏:
    (MC reading: 綏 (MC swij))
  47. 綬:
    (MC reading: 綬 (MC dzyuwX|dzyuwH))
  48. 羞:
    (MC reading: 羞 (MC sjuw))
  49. 茱:
    (MC reading: 茱 (MC dzyu))
  50. 蒐:
    (MC reading: 蒐 (MC srjuw))
  51. 蓚:
    (MC reading: 蓚)
  52. 藪:
    (MC reading: 藪 (MC suwX))
  53. 邃:
    (MC reading: 邃 (MC swijH))
  54. 酬:
    (MC reading: 酬 (MC dzyuw))
  55. 銹:
    (MC reading: 銹)
  56. 隧:
    (MC reading: 隧 (MC zwijH))
  57. 鬚:
    (MC reading: 鬚 (MC sju))
  58. 䳠:
    (MC reading: 䳠)
  59. 賥:
    (MC reading: 賥 (MC swijH))
  60. 豎:
    (MC reading: 豎 (MC dzyuX))
  61. 讎:
    (MC reading: 讎 (MC dzyuw))
  62. 睢:
    (MC reading: 睢 (MC xjwie|swij|xjwij|xjwijH))
  63. 睟:
    (MC reading: 睟 (MC swijH))
  64. 瓍:
    (MC reading: 瓍)
  65. 宿:
    (MC reading: 宿 (MC sjuwH|sjuwk))
  66. 汓:
    (MC reading: 汓 (MC zjuw))
  67. 㻽:
    (MC reading: 㻽)
  68. 叟:
    (MC reading: 叟 (MC suwX))
  69. 售:
    (MC reading: 售 (MC dzyuwH))
  70. 廋:
    (MC reading: 廋 (MC srjuw))
  71. 晬:
    (MC reading: 晬 (MC tswojH))
  72. 殳:
    (MC reading: 殳 (MC dzyu))
  73. 泅:
    (MC reading: 泅 (MC zjuw))
  74. 溲:
    (MC reading: 溲)
  75. 瞍:
    (MC reading: 瞍 (MC sew))
  76. 祟:
    (MC reading: 祟 (MC swijH))
  77. 籔:
    (MC reading: 籔 (MC srjuX|suwX))
  78. 脺:
    (MC reading: 脺)
  79. 膄:
    (MC reading: 膄)
  80. 膸:
    (MC reading: 膸)
  81. 陲:
    (MC reading: 陲 (MC dzywe))
  82. 颼:
    (MC reading: 颼)
  83. 饈:
    (MC reading: 饈)
  84. 寿: Alternative form of 壽
    (MC reading: 寿)
  85. 脩: Alternative form of 修
    (MC reading: 脩 (MC sjuw))
  86. 穂: Alternative form of 穗
    (MC reading: 穂)
  87. 峀: Alternative form of 岫
    (MC reading: 峀)
  88. 竪: Alternative form of 豎
    (MC reading: 竪 (MC dzyuX))
  89. 讐: Alternative form of 讎
    (MC reading: 讐)
  90. 濉: Alternative form of 睢
    (MC reading: 濉 (MC swij))

References

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