권

권 U+AD8C, 권 HANGUL SYLLABLE GWEON Composition: ㄱ + ㅝ + ㄴ ← 궋 [U+AD8B] Hangul Syllables 궍 → [U+AD8D]

궈궉궊궋권궍궎 궏궐궑궒궓궔궕 궖궗궘궙궚궛궜 궝궞궟궠궡궢궣
구 ←	→ 궤

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [권]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwon
McCune–Reischauer?	kwŏn
Yale Romanization?	kwen

Etymology 1

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”), 개 (gae, “objects”)

Noun

권 • (gwon) (hanja 卷)

1. volume; book

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 權 (“power”)

Suffix

—권 • (-gwon) (hanja 權)

1. power; right

Proper noun

권 • (Gwon) (hanja 權)

1. a surname