U+B8E8, 루
HANGUL SYLLABLE RU
Composition: +

[U+B8E7]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B8E9]
룪룫룬룭룮
룱룲룳룴룵
룶룷룸룹룺
룽룾룿뤀뤁뤂뤃
료 ←→ 뤄

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ru
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lu
McCune–Reischauer?ru
Yale Romanization?lwu

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from

    Noun

    • (ru) (hanja )

    1. rampart, military wall
    2. (baseball) base
      Synonym: 베이스 (beiseu)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

    Syllable

    • (ru)

    1. :
      (MC reading: (MC ljuH))
    2. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw))
    3. :
      (MC reading: (MC ljweX|ljweH))
    4. :
      (MC reading: (MC lwijH))
    5. :
      (MC reading: (MC luwH))
    6. :
      (MC reading: (MC lwijX))
    7. :
      (MC reading: (MC lju|luw))
    8. :
      (MC reading: (MC lju|luwH))
    9. :
      (MC reading: (MC ljuX))
    10. :
      (MC reading: (MC lju|luw|ljuX))
    11. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw|ljuX))
    12. :
      (MC reading: (MC lju|luwH))
    13. :
      (MC reading: (MC luwH))
    14. :
      (MC reading: (MC lju|luw|ljuX))
    15. :
      (MC reading: (MC ljuX|luwX))
    16. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw))
    17. :
      (MC reading: )
    18. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw|ljuX|luwH))
    19. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw|luwX))
    20. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw))
    21. :
      (MC reading: (MC luw))
    Usage notes

    In South Korea, the hanja above are read as (no) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading (ru) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

    Alternative forms
    • (no) (South Korea)

    References