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동

동

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동	U+B3D9, 동 HANGUL SYLLABLE DONG

Composition:

ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ

← 돘
[U+B3D8]

Hangul Syllables

돚 →
[U+B3DA]

뎨 ←	→ 돠
도 독 돆 돇 돈 돉 돊 돋 돌 돍 돎 돏 돐 돑 돒 돓 돔 돕 돖 돗 돘 동돚 돛 돜 돝 돞 돟

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [동]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	dong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dong
McCune–Reischauer^?	tong
Yale Romanization^?	tong

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 冬 (“winter”).

Noun

동 • (dong) (hanja 冬)

winter
Synonym: 겨울 (gyeoul)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 洞.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞(ː)ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [동(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	dong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dong
McCune–Reischauer^?	tong
Yale Romanization^?	tōng

Noun

동 • (dong) (hanja 洞)

neighborhood
(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)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 東 (“east”).

Noun

동 • (dong) (hanja 東)

east

Synonyms

새 (sae, “east”)
샛바람 (saetbaram, “east wind”)

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

서북(西北) (seobuk) 북서(北西) (bukseo)	북(北) (buk)	동북(東北) (dongbuk) 북동(北東) (bukdong)
서(西) (seo)		동(東) (dong)
서남(西南) (seonam) 남서(南西) (namseo)	남(南) (nam)	동남(東南) (dongnam) 남동(南東) (namdong)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 銅 (“copper”).

Noun

동 • (dong) (hanja 銅)

copper

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 銅 (“copper”), borrowed from Vietnamese đồng.

Noun

동 • (dong) (hanja 銅)

dong, the currency of Vietnam

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