육

육 U+C721, 육 HANGUL SYLLABLE YUG Composition: ㅇ + ㅠ + ㄱ ← 유 [U+C720] Hangul Syllables 윢 → [U+C722]

유육윢윣윤윥윦 윧율윩윪윫윬윭 윮윯윰윱윲윳윴 융윶윷윸윹윺윻
위 ←	→ 으

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [juk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [육]

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

Etymology 1

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Native isol.: 여섯 (yeoseot)     Native attr.: 여섯 (yeoseot), (archaic) 엿 (yeot)     Sino-Korean: 육 (yuk), 륙 (ryuk)     Hanja: 六     Ordinal: 여섯째 (yeoseotjjae)

Sino-Korean word from 六 (“six”), from the Middle Korean reading 륙〮 (Yale: lyúk), from Middle Chinese 六 (MC ljuwk).

Alternative forms

• 륙 (六, ryuk, “six”)

Numeral

육 • (yuk) (hanja 六)

1. (Sino-Korean numeral) six

   Synonym: 여섯 (yeoseot, native numeral)

Usage notes

In modern Korean, numbers are usually written in Arabic numerals.

The Korean language has two sets of numerals: a native set of numerals inherited from Old Korean, and a Sino-Korean set which was borrowed from Middle Chinese in the first millennium C.E.

Native classifiers take native numerals.

• 개 한 마리 (gae han mari, “one dog”, native numeral)
• 나무 두 그루 (namu du geuru, “two trees”, native numeral)

Some Sino-Korean classifiers take native numerals, others take Sino-Korean numerals, while yet others take both.

• 종이 두 장(張) (jong'i du jang, “two sheets of paper”, native numeral)
• 이 분(分) (i bun, “two minutes”, Sino-Korean numeral)
• 서른/삼십 명(名) (seoreun/samsip myeong, “thirty people”, both sets possible)

Recently loaned classifiers generally take Sino-Korean numerals.

• 일 킬로미터 (il killomiteo, “one kilometer”, Sino-Korean numeral)

For many terms, a native numeral has a quantifying sense, whereas a Sino-Korean numeral has a sense of labeling.

• 세 반(班) (se ban, “three school classes”, native numeral)
• 삼 반(班) (sam ban, “Class Number Three”, Sino-Korean numeral)

When used in isolation, native numerals refer to objects of that number and are used in counting and quantifying, whereas Sino-Korean numerals refer to the numbers in a more mathematical sense.

• 하나만 더 주세요 (hana-man deo juse-yo, “Could you give me just one more, please”, native numeral)
• 일 더하기 일은? (il deohagi ir-eun?, “What's one plus one?”, Sino-Korean numeral)

While older stages of Korean had native numerals up to the thousands, native numerals currently exist only up to ninety-nine, and Sino-Korean is used for all higher numbers. There is also a tendency—particularly among younger speakers—to uniformly use Sino-Korean numerals for the higher tens as well, so that native numerals such as 일흔 (ilheun, “seventy”) or 아흔 (aheun, “ninety”) are becoming less common.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 六 for Sino-Korean compounds of 육 (六, yuk).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 肉 (“meat”), from the Middle Korean reading ᅀᅲᆨ〮 (Yale: zyúk), from Middle Chinese 肉 (MC nyuwk).

Noun

육 • (yuk) (hanja 肉)

1. (only in compounds) meat; flesh

   Synonym: 고기 (gogi)

   우육 (牛肉) ― beef (literally, “cow meat”)

   돈육 (豚肉) ― pork (literally, “pig meat”)

2. (literary) the body, as opposed to the spirit

   Synonym: 육체(肉體) (yukche)

   • 1926, Han Yong-un, 한용운(韓龍雲), “리별 (Ribyeol) [Separation]”, in 님의 沈(침)默(묵) (Nimui Chimmuk) [The Beloved's Silence]:

     진정한사랑은 間(간)斷(단)이업서々 리별은 愛(애)人(인)의肉(육)ᄲᅮᆫ이오 사랑은 無(무)窮(궁)이다

     jinjeonghan sarang-eun gandani eopseoseo ribyeor-eun aein-ui yuk-ppun-io sarang-eun mugung-ida

     As true love does not take breaks, a lover's separation is merely of the body, such that the love is eternal

   • 2019, ““神(신)을 모른다는 것을 아는 것(無(무)知(지)의 知(지)), 이 말이 정답””, in Monthly Chosun‎^[1]:

     생명과 죽음의 문제를 […] 이야기하고 싶어 했다. 육과 영, 속과 성의 경계 허물기다.

     Saengmyeong-gwa jugeum-ui munje-reul [ … ] iyagihago sipeo haetda. Yuk-gwa yeong, sok-gwa seong-ui gyeonggye heomulgi-da.

     [He] wanted to explain the question of life and death, breaking the lines between the body and the soul, the sacred and the secular.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 肉 for Sino-Korean compounds of 육 (肉, yuk).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 陸.

Noun

육 • (yuk) (hanja 陸)

1. (South Korea) Abbreviation of 육군(陸軍) (yukgun, “army”).