알

알 U+C54C, 알 HANGUL SYLLABLE AL Composition: ㅇ + ㅏ + ㄹ ← 앋 [U+C54B] Hangul Syllables 앍 → [U+C54D]

아악앆앇안앉않 앋알앍앎앏앐앑 앒앓암압앖앗았 앙앚앛앜앝앞앟
씨 ←	→ 애

Cognate with Korean 아래 (arae).

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽al⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [a̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [알]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	al
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	al
Yale Romanization?	al

알 (al)

1. below, bottom

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 앓 (Yale: alh).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [알]

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

알 • (al)

1. egg, roe (of fish)
2. grain (of cereals)
3. (chiefly as a suffix) ball (small round object)

• 알 (al) means "an egg of some animal that lays eggs", e.g., 새알 (saeal, “a bird's egg”), 메추리알 (mechurial, “a quail egg”), 개구리의 알 (gaeguriui al, “a frog's egg”).
  • To mean a hen's egg (as in "boiled eggs"), 달걀 (dalgyal), or equivalently, 계란 (gyeran) is used.
  • To mean an egg cell or ovum, 난자 (nanja) is used.

(egg):

(grain):

(ball):

Borrowed from English ar.

알 • (al)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.

• Latin script letter names: 에이 (ei) · 비 (bi) · 씨 (ssi) · 디 (di) · 이 (i) · 에프 (epeu) · 쥐 (jwi) · 에이치 (eichi) · 아이 (ai) · 제이 (jei) · 케이 (kei) · 엘 (el) · 엠 (em) · 엔 (en) · 오 (o) · 피 (pi) · 큐 (kyu) · 알 (al) · 에스 (eseu) · 티 (ti) · 유 (yu) · 브이 (beu'i) · 더블유 (deobeuryu) · 엑스 (ekseu) · 와이 (wai) · 제드 (jedeu)/지 (ji) ^[edit]

알 • (al)

1. future determiner of 알다 (alda, “to know”)