Korean

Syllable

용 • ‎(yong)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅛ, and ㅇ.

Etymology 2

Noun

용 • ‎(yong)

1. (龍) dragon
   • 개천에서 용 났다. (gaecheon-eseo yong nassda) This is said especially when a great man emerged out of the most unlikely background. This literally means that a dragon has emerged out of a brook. That is, what appears so unlikely happened strikingly in reality. It also suggests that a long river can be an analogy, embodiment, or at least birthplace of a dragon.
   • 이 논엔 용이 올라갔다. (i non-en yong-i ollagassda.) (The bold-faced idiom literally means "the dragon has risen".) There is no water in this paddy.

Synonyms

• 미르 ‎(mireu) (mireu) (obsolete) dragon
  • (probable cognate) 물 (mur, mul) water, (obsolete) river

Derived terms

• 공룡 ‎(gongnyong) (恐龍, gong-ryong, -nyong) dinosaur
• 흑룡 ‎(heungnyong) (黑龍, heuk-ryong, -nyong) black dragon
• 흑룡강 ‎(heungnyonggang) (-江, -gang) (literally, Black Dragon River) Amur River
  • Chinese: 黑龍江 (pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng), "Black Dragon River"
  • Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, "Black River"
  • Mongolian: Хара-Мурэн (Khara-Muren), "Black River"
  • Russian: Амур (Amur), perhaps originally meaning "Black Dragon" or "North Waters"

See also

• 한물 ‎(hanmul) (hanmur, -mul) flood; prime, season (the best time)
• 큰물 ‎(keunmul) (keunmur, -mul) flood

Hanja reading

• 用
• 容
• 鏞
• 溶
• 勇
• 踊
• 庸
• 傭
• 茸
• 熔
• 湧
• 冗