See also: -도
U+B3C4, 도
HANGUL SYLLABLE DO
Composition: +

[U+B3C3]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B3C5]
돆돇돉돊
돍돎돏
돔돕돖
돞돟
뎨 ←→ 돠

Jeju

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽to⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [to]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?do
Revised Romanization (translit.)?do
Yale Romanization?two

Etymology 1

Ultimately borrowed from Proto-Japonic *to; compare Japanese () (to).

Noun

(do)

  1. entrance

Etymology 2

Perhaps the native Koreanic word for "deity". Compare Proto-Japonic *ti (spirit).

Noun

(do)

  1. (chiefly in compounds) god, deity
    궤네깃gwenegitdogod of Gwenegi village

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from .

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?do
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?do
    McCune–Reischauer?to
    Yale Romanization?

    Noun

    • (do) (hanja )

    1. (government) province (in both Koreas)
      administrative divisions of South Koreaedit
    2. principle, reason; morals; (philosophy, Confucianism) the Way, the Tao
      Synonym: 도리(道理) (dori)
      닦다do-reul dakdato cultivate one's morals
    Derived terms
    See also

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from .

      Pronunciation

      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞(ː)]
      • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
        • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?do
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?do
      McCune–Reischauer?to
      Yale Romanization?

      Noun

      • (do) (hanja )

      1. (in idiomatic expressions) bound, limit, extent
        지나치다do-ga jinachidato take something too far / to go beyond moderation
        넘다do-reul neomdato go beyond bounds (in a negative way)

      Counter

      • (do) (hanja )

      1. degree of temperature
        섭씨 25seopssi isibo-do25 degrees Celsius
      2. (geometry) degree of an angle
        45 각도sasibo-do gakdoan angle of 45 degrees
      3. (geography) degree of longitude or latitude
        동경 125donggyeong baegisibo-dolongitude 125° E
      4. percentage of alcohol concentration

      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      Borrowed from English do or some other European language.

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?do
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?do
      McCune–Reischauer?to
      Yale Romanization?to

      Noun

      • (do)

      1. do (musical note)

      Etymology 4

        Sino-Korean word from .

        Suffix

        —도 • (-do) (hanja )

        1. (geography) island
          제주 (濟州)Jeju Island
        Derived terms

        Etymology 5

        Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

        Syllable

        • (do)