# 육

| 육 | U+C721, &#50977; HANGUL SYLLABLE YUG |
| Composition: | ㅇ + ㅠ + ㄱ |
| ← 유 [U+C720] | Hangul Syllables | 윢 → [U+C722] |
유육윢윣윤윥윦 윧율윩윪윫윬윭 윮윯윰윱윲윳윴 융윶윷윸윹윺윻 :
| 위 ← | → 으 |

## Korean
### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [juk̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [육]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 六 (“six”), from the Middle Korean reading 륙〮 (Yale: lyúk), from Middle Chinese 六 (MC ljuwk).

#### Alternative forms

* 륙 (六, ryuk, “six”)

#### Numeral

육 • (yuk) (hanja 六)
* (Sino-Korean numeral) six
    Synonym: 여섯 (yeoseot, native numeral)

##### Usage notes

In modern Korean, numbers are usually written in Arabic numerals.
The Korean language has two sets of numerals: a native set of numerals inherited from Old Korean, and a Sino-Korean set which was borrowed from Middle Chinese in the first millennium C.E.
Native classifiers take native numerals.
* 개 한 마리 (gae han mari, “one dog”, native numeral)
* 나무 두 그루 (namu du geuru, “two trees”, native numeral)
Some Sino-Korean classifiers take native numerals, others take Sino-Korean numerals, while yet others take both.
* 종이 두 장(張) (jong'i du jang, “two sheets of paper”, native numeral)
* 이 분(分) (i bun, “two minutes”, Sino-Korean numeral)
* 서른/삼십 명(名) (seoreun/samsip myeong, “thirty people”, both sets possible)
Recently loaned classifiers generally take Sino-Korean numerals.
* 일 킬로미터 (il killomiteo, “one kilometer”, Sino-Korean numeral)
For many terms, a native numeral has a quantifying sense, whereas a Sino-Korean numeral has a sense of labeling.
* 세 반(班) (se ban, “three school classes”, native numeral)
* 삼 반(班) (sam ban, “Class Number Three”, Sino-Korean numeral)
When used in isolation, native numerals refer to objects of that number and are used in counting and quantifying, whereas Sino-Korean numerals refer to the numbers in a more mathematical sense.
* 하나만 더 주세요 (hana-man deo juse-yo, “Could you give me just one more, please”, native numeral)
* 일 더하기 일은? (il deohagi ir-eun?, “What's one plus one?”, Sino-Korean numeral)
While older stages of Korean had native numerals up to the thousands, native numerals currently exist only up to ninety-nine, and Sino-Korean is used for all higher numbers. There is also a tendency—particularly among younger speakers—to uniformly use Sino-Korean numerals for the higher tens as well, so that native numerals such as 일흔 (ilheun, “seventy”) or 아흔 (aheun, “ninety”) are becoming less common.

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 六 for Sino-Korean compounds of 육 (六, yuk).

### Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 肉 (“meat”), from the Middle Korean reading ᅀᅲᆨ〮 (Yale: zyúk), from Middle Chinese 肉 (MC nyuwk).

#### Noun

육 • (yuk) (hanja 肉)
* (only in compounds) meat; flesh
    Synonym: 고기 (gogi)
    우육 (牛肉) ― beef (literally, “cow meat”)
    돈육 (豚肉) ― pork (literally, “pig meat”)
* (literary) the body, as opposed to the spirit
    Synonym: 육체(肉體) (yukche)
** 1926, Han Yong-un, 한용운(韓龍雲), “리별 (Ribyeol) [Separation]”, in 님의 沈(침)默(묵) (Nimui Chimmuk) [The Beloved's Silence]:진정한사랑은 間(간)斷(단)이업서々 리별은 愛(애)人(인)의肉(육)ᄲᅮᆫ이오 사랑은 無(무)窮(궁)이다jinjeonghan sarang-eun gandani eopseoseo ribyeor-eun aein-ui yuk-ppun-io sarang-eun mugung-idaAs true love does not take breaks, a lover's separation is merely of the body, such that the love is eternal
** 2019, ““神(신)을 모른다는 것을 아는 것(無(무)知(지)의 知(지)), 이 말이 정답””, in Monthly Chosun‎:생명과 죽음의 문제를 […] 이야기하고 싶어 했다. 육과 영, 속과 성의 경계 허물기다.Saengmyeong-gwa jugeum-ui munje-reul [ … ] iyagihago sipeo haetda. Yuk-gwa yeong, sok-gwa seong-ui gyeonggye heomulgi-da.[He] wanted to explain the question of life and death, breaking the lines between the body and the soul, the sacred and the secular.

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 肉 for Sino-Korean compounds of 육 (肉, yuk).

### Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 陸.

#### Noun

육 • (yuk) (hanja 陸)
* (South Korea) Abbreviation of 육군(陸軍) (yukgun, “army”).