# 용

| 용 | U+C6A9, &#50857; HANGUL SYLLABLE YONG |
| Composition: | ㅇ + ㅛ + ㅇ |
| ← 욨 [U+C6A8] | Hangul Syllables | 욪 → [U+C6AA] |
요욕욖욗욘욙욚 욛욜욝욞욟욠욡 욢욣욤욥욦욧욨 용욪욫욬욭욮욯 :
| 외 ← | → 우 |

## Korean
### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [joŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [용]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 龍 (“dragon”).

#### Noun

용 • (yong) (counter 마리, hanja 龍)
* (South Korea) dragon
    개천에서 용 났다.gaecheoneseo yong natda.A dragon has emerged out of a brook. — This is said when a great man emerged out of the most unlikely background. That is, what appears so unlikely happened strikingly in reality. It also suggests that a long river can be an analogy, embodiment, or at least the birthplace of a dragon.
    이 논엔 용이 올라갔다.i nonen yong'i ollagatda.The dragon has risen. — Idiom meaning that there is no water in this paddy.

##### Usage notes

The original Sino-Korean reading 룡 (ryong) is used when the hanja 용(龍) (yong) is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word.

##### Alternative forms

* 룡(龍) (ryong) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

##### Synonyms

* 미르 (mireu, “(obsolete) dragon”)

##### Derived terms

* 공룡(恐龍) (gongnyong, “dinosaur”)
* 어룡(魚龍) (eoryong, “ichthyosaur”)
* 용대(龍台) (Yongdae)
* 용산(龍山) (Yongsan)
* 익룡(翼龍) (ingnyong, “pterosaur”)
* 흑룡강(黑龍江) (Heungnyonggang, “Amur river”)

##### See also

* 한물 (hanmul, “flood; prime, season (the best time)”)
* 큰물 (keunmul, “flood”)

### Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

용 • (yong)
* 用:
    (MC reading: 用 (MC yowngH))
* 勇:
    (MC reading: 勇 (MC yowngX))
* 容:
    (MC reading: 容 (MC yowng))
* 庸:
    (MC reading: 庸 (MC yowng))
* 溶:
    (MC reading: 溶 (MC yowng|yowngX))
* 鎔:
    (MC reading: 鎔 (MC yowng))
* 瑢:
    (MC reading: 瑢 (MC yowng))
* 榕:
    (MC reading: 榕)
* 蓉:
    (MC reading: 蓉 (MC yowng))
* 涌:
    (MC reading: 涌 (MC yowngX))
* 埇:
    (MC reading: 埇 (MC yowngX))
* 踊:
    (MC reading: 踊 (MC yowngX))
* 鏞:
    (MC reading: 鏞 (MC yowng))
* 茸:
    (MC reading: 茸 (MC nyowng))
* 墉:
    (MC reading: 墉 (MC yowng))
* 甬:
    (MC reading: 甬 (MC yowngX))
* 俑:
    (MC reading: 俑 (MC thuwng|yowngX))
* 傭:
    (MC reading: 傭 (MC yowng|trhjowng))
* 慂:
    (MC reading: 慂 (MC yowngX))
* 聳:
    (MC reading: 聳 (MC sjowngX))
* 傛:
    (MC reading: 傛 (MC yowng|yowngX))
* 槦:
    (MC reading: 槦 (MC yowng))
* 宂:
    (MC reading: 宂 (MC nyowngX))
* 㦶:
    (MC reading: 㦶)
* 嵱:
    (MC reading: 嵱 (MC yowng))
* 慵:
    (MC reading: 慵 (MC dzyowng))
* 憃:
    (MC reading: 憃 (MC syowng|trhaewng|trhjowngH))
* 硧:
    (MC reading: 硧)
* 舂:
    (MC reading: 舂 (MC syowng))
* 蛹:
    (MC reading: 蛹 (MC yowngX))
* 踴:
    (MC reading: 踴 (MC yowngX))
* 熔: Alternative form of 鎔
    (MC reading: 熔)
* 湧: Alternative form of 涌
    (MC reading: 湧 (MC yowngX))
* 冗: Alternative form of 宂
    (MC reading: 冗)
* 頌:
    (MC reading: 頌 (MC yowng|zjowngH))
* 鱅:
    (MC reading: 鱅 (MC yowng|dzyowng))
* 癰:
    (MC reading: 癰 (MC 'jowng))

### Etymology 3

South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 룡 (ryong).

#### Syllable

용 • (yong)
* (South Korea) 龍:
    (MC reading: 龍 (MC ljowng))
* (South Korea) 龒:
    (MC reading: 龒)
* (South Korea) 竜: Alternative form of 龍
    (MC reading: 竜)

##### Usage notes

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 룡 (ryong) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 룡 (ryong) to 용 (yong) is known as 두음 법칙(頭音法則) (dueum beopchik).

##### Alternative forms

* 룡 (ryong) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).