U+C678, 외
HANGUL SYLLABLE OE
Composition: +

[U+C677]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C679]
왹왺왻왽왾
왿욀욁욂욃욄욅
욆욇욈욉욊욋욌
욍욎욏욐욑욒욓
왜 ←→ 요

Korean

Etymology 1

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oe
McCune–Reischauer?oe
Yale Romanization?oy

Noun

• (oe) (hanja )

  1. other things
    그외에
    geu-oe-e
    apart from that
  2. the outside

Etymology 2

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean .

Determiner

• (oe)

  1. (archaic on its own) only, lone, single
Derived terms
  • 외곬 (oegol)
  • 외길 (oegil)
  • 외눈 (oenun)
  • 외다리 (oedari)
  • 외따로 (oettaro)
  • 외따르다 (oettareuda)
  • 외롭다 (oeropda)
  • 외지다 (oejida)
  • 외팔 (oepal)

Etymology 3

Contraction of 오이 (oi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

• (oe)

  1. (dated) cucumber

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒj/

Noun

외〯 (wǒy)

  1. cucumber

Descendants

  • Korean: 오이 (oi)