Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o̞ɾɯn/
• Phonetic hangeul: 오른

Determiner

오른 • ‎(oreun)

1. (dated) right, right-hand

Usage notes

오른쪽 is used today instead of 오른.

Synonyms

• 바른 ‎(bareun) (bareun) right, right-hand

Antonyms

• 왼 ‎(oen) (oen) (no predication) left, left-hand
  • 외다 (oeda) To be wrongly oriented; (obsolete) false, wrong

Derived terms

Related terms

• 동 ‎(dong) (東, dong) orient, east
• 오르다 ‎(oreuda) (oreuda) To rise
• 옳다 ‎(olta) (olhda) To be right, correct, true

See also

• 바르다 ‎(bareuda) (bareuda) To be straight, upright, right, correct, true
• 올바르다 ‎(olbareuda) (ol-bareuda) To be straight, upright, all right

Etymology 2

Native Korean word from the verb 오르다 (oreuda, “to rise”)

Determiner

오른 • ‎(oreun) ‎(determinative form of 오르다)

1. having arisen, having gone up