Korean

Syllable

권 • ‎(gwon)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅝ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 卷 ‎(“scroll”)

Counter

권 • ‎(gwon) ‎(hanja 卷)

1. volumes
   • 한 권; 두 권; 세 권; 네 권

     han gwon; du gwon; se gwon; ne gwon

     one volume; two volumes; three volumes; four volumes

Usage notes

As with most Korean counters (a.k.a. classifiers), 권 (gwon) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also

• Counters: 시 (si, “o'clock”), 시간 (sigan, “hours”), 번 (beon, “times”), 살 (sal, “years”), 사람 (saram, “people”), 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”), 마리 (mari, “animals”), 갑 (gap, “cases”), 채 (chae, “houses”)

Etymology 3

Noun

권 • ‎(gwon) ‎(hanja 卷)

1. volume; book