손

손 U+C190, 손 HANGUL SYLLABLE SON Composition: ㅅ + ㅗ + ㄴ ← 솏 [U+C18F] Hangul Syllables 솑 → [U+C191]

소속솎솏손솑솒 솓솔솕솖솗솘솙 솚솛솜솝솞솟솠 송솢솣솤솥솦솧
셰 ←	→ 솨

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 손〮 (Yale: swón).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞n]

  • Audio:

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• Phonetic hangul: [손]

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

손 • (son)

1. hand (organ of humans and humanoid animals)

   오른손

   oreunson

   right hand

   왼손

   oenson

   left hand

   손에 페인트가 묻었다. ― Son-e peinteuga mudeotda. ― I have paint on my hand.

2. free hand

   이거 드느라 손이 없는데 문을 어떻게 열어? (casual)

   Igeo deuneura son-i eomneunde mun-eul eotteoke yeoreo?

   I don't have a free hand because I'm holding these, so how should I open the door?

• 手 (su), the hanja for "hand"

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 손 (Yale: swòn).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞n]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [손]

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

손 • (son)

1. visitor, guest

   Synonyms: 손님 (sonnim), 객(客) (gaek)

2. customer, patron

   Synonym: 손님 (sonnim)

Sino-Korean word from 損.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞(ː)n]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [손(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	son
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	son
McCune–Reischauer?	son
Yale Romanization?	sōn

손 • (son) (hanja 損)

1. damage, loss (usually financial)

   Synonym: 손해(損害) (sonhae)

• See the hanja entry at 損 for Sino-Korean compounds of 손 (損, son).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

손 (son)

From Old Korean 手 (SWON-).

• IPA^(key): /són/

손〮 (swón) (locative 소내〮 (swòn-áy))

1. hand

• Korean: 손 (son)

• IPA^(key): /sòn/

손 (swòn) (locative 소내〮 (swòn-áy))

1. guest

• Korean: 손 (son)