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음

음

Korean

유 ←	→ 의
으윽윾윿은읁읂 읃을읅읆읇읈읉 읊읋음읍읎읏읐 응읒읓읔읕읖읗

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɯm/
Phonetic hangeul: 음

Romanizations

Revised transcription	eum
Revised transliteration	eum
McCune–Reischauer	ŭm
Yale	um

Noun

음 • ‎(eum) ‎(hanja 陰)

yin, the essential female principle in eastern religion or philosophy

Antonyms

양 (陽, yang, “the male principle yang”)

Related terms

음양 (陰陽, eumyang, “yin-yang”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 音 ‎(“sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation”)

Noun

음 • ‎(eum) ‎(hanja 音)

sound

Derived terms

음훈 (音訓, eumhun, “reading the sound and meaning of a Hanja together”)
음악 (音樂, eumak, “music”)

Synonyms

소리 (sori)