# 애

| 애 | U+C560, &#50528; HANGUL SYLLABLE AE |
| Composition: | ㅇ + ㅐ |
| ← 앟 [U+C55F] | Hangul Syllables | 액 → [U+C561] |

## Korean

애액앢앣앤앥앦 앧앨앩앪앫앬앭 앮앯앰앱앲앳앴 앵앶앷앸앹앺앻 :
| 아 ← | → 야 |

### Etymology 1

See 아이 (ai), of which it is a contraction.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

애 • (ae)
* Colloquial form of 아이 (ai, “child; kid”).
    애 생기면 결혼해야지. ― Ae saenggimyeon gyeolhonhaeyaji. ― If we get a kid, we'll have to marry.
* (colloquial, sometimes slightly derogatory) guy, person (usually rather young)
    Synonyms: 사람 (saram), (polite) 분 (bun)
    일본 애들 ― Ilbon ae-deul ― Japanese people

##### Usage notes

* In colloquial Korean, this word is the source of most third-person human pronouns. See below.

##### Related terms

* 걔 (gyae, “he/she/it; close to the listener or not present at all”)
* 걔네 (gyaene, “they; not present in the conversation”)
* 얘 (yae, “he/she/it; close to the speaker”)
* 얘네 (yaene, “they; close to the speaker”)
* 쟤 (jae, “he/she/it; distant from the speaker and the listener”)
* 쟤네 (jaene, “they; distant from the speaker and the listener”)

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 애〯 (Yale: ǎy), the original meaning being "internal organs". The original sense has been displaced by Sinitic 창자 (changja), 내장(內臟) (naejang), and the word survives only in certain expressions.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

애 • (ae)
* (idiomatic) anxiety; impatience
    너 때문에 애가 탄다neo ttaemun-e ae-ga tandaYou make me so anxious.(literally, “My insides burn because of you.”)
* (idiomatic) trouble; effort
    일을 마무리하려고 애쓴다.Ir-eul mamuriharyeogo ae-sseunda.He makes an effort to finish the work.(literally, “He uses his inner organs to finish his work.”)
* (obsolete, original sense) internal organs, especially the intestines

### Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 愛 (“love”).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Noun

애 • (ae) (hanja 愛)
* (formal) love
    Synonym: (more common) 사랑 (sarang)
* (Buddhism) taṇhā or "craving", one of the pratītyasamutpāda, the source of human unhappiness

#### Suffix

—애 • (-ae) (hanja 愛)
* -philia

### Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

애 • (ae)
* 愛: love
    (eumhun reading: 사랑 애 (sarang ae)) (MC reading: 愛 (MC 'ojH))
* 涯: riverside
    (eumhun reading: 물가 애 (mulga ae)) (MC reading: 涯 (MC ngje|ngea))
* 哀: sad
    (eumhun reading: 슬플 애 (seulpeul ae)) (MC reading: 哀 (MC 'oj))
* 碍: obstruct
    (eumhun reading: 거리낄 애 (georikkil ae)) (MC reading: 碍)
* 崖: cliff
    (eumhun reading: 낭떠러지 애 (nangtteoreoji ae)) (MC reading: 崖 (MC ngje|ngea))
* 隘: narrow
    (eumhun reading: 좁을 애 (jobeul ae)) (MC reading: 隘 (MC 'eaH))
* 埃: dust
    (eumhun reading: 티끌 애 (tikkeul ae)) (MC reading: 埃 (MC 'oj))
* 艾: mugwort
    (eumhun reading: 쑥 애 (ssuk ae)) (MC reading: 艾 (MC ngajH|ngjojH))
* 厓: hill
    (eumhun reading: 언덕 애 (eondeok ae)) (MC reading: 厓 (MC ngea))
* 靄: haze
    (eumhun reading: 아지랑이 애 (ajirang'i ae)) (MC reading: 靄 (MC 'ajH|'at))
* 曖: dim
    (eumhun reading: 희미할 애 (huimihal ae)) (MC reading: 曖 (MC 'ajH|'ojH))

## Middle Korean
### Etymology

Semantically, compare Chinese 腸／肠 (cháng).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎj/

### Noun

애〯 (ǎy)
* the inner organs, in particular:
** the intestines, the guts
    Synonym: 챠ᇰᄌᆞ (chyangco)
** the gall bladder
    Synonym: ᄡᅳᆯ게 (psulkey)
** (possibly) the liver (only attested in early Early Modern Korean)
    Synonym: 간 (kan)
* (in figurative expressions) anxiety, impatience
* (in figurative expressions) trouble; effort

#### Descendants

* Korean: 애 (ae)