류

See also: 异

류 U+B958, 류 HANGUL SYLLABLE RYU Composition: ㄹ + ㅠ ← 륗 [U+B957] Hangul Syllables 륙 → [U+B959]

류륙륚륛륜륝륞 륟률륡륢륣륤륥 륦륧륨륩륪륫륬 륭륮륯륰륱륲륳
뤼 ←	→ 르

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 類, from the Middle Korean reading 류 (Yale: lyu).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ryu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	lyu
McCune–Reischauer?	ryu
Yale Romanization?	lyū

Noun

류 • (ryu) (hanja 類)

1. type; kind; sort

   그런 류의 사고는 다시는 일어나면 안 된다.

   Geureon ryu-ui sago-neun dasi-neun ireonamyeon an doenda.

   An accident of that sort must never again happen.

Usage notes

The prescriptive South Korean standard demands the pronunciation 유 (yu) for this character when used as a noun, but 류 (ryu) is by far the more common—the number of Google search results preliminarily suggest that 류 (ryu) is about ten times more frequent than 유 (yu). South Korean legal documents also regularly use the "incorrect" 류 (ryu). In North Korea, only 류 (ryu) is accepted.

Suffix

—류 • (-ryu) (hanja 類)

1. type; category

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 類 for Sino-Korean compounds of 류 (類, ryu).