예

Etymology 1
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) here

Etymology 2
From, from. This is among the only native (non-Sino-Korean) Korean terms for ethnic groups that survive in the written record.

Noun

 * 1) Japanese

Usage notes

 * The hanja was sometimes assigned to this word, either pejoratively or out of a genuine misunderstanding that this was the origin of the word.

Etymology 1
Not attested in Middle Korean. Probably from the same source as, plausibly (not directly attested).

Interjection

 * 1)  yes affirms the truth of the question as stated

Usage notes

 * Korean has a number of words for "yes". is highly polite and formal (appropriate in an interview),  is polite but less formal (appropriate in a conversation with parents), and  and  are  plain and non-formal (appropriate in a conversation with friends).
 * As in the example above, Korean "yes" follows the polarity of the question, unlike in English. Hence saying "yes" to a negatively stated question means that the negative is true.

Etymology 2
, from the reading.

Noun

 * 1) example

Usage notes

 * This is often formatted as "예)" in textbooks and literature.

Etymology 3
, from the reading,.

Noun

 * 1)  decorum, ceremonial code of decorous behavior that all people ought to follow

Noun

 * 1)  ancient times, antiquity, old times

Usage notes

 * Now used primarily in the following expressions:

Etymology 5
equivalent to a contraction of modern.

Pronoun

 * 1)  here

Etymology 6
.

Proper noun

 * 1) an ancient tribe living in Korea in the early first millennium

Etymology 7
.

Proper noun

 * , a legendary archer in Chinese mythology

Etymology 8
Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from the reading.

Etymology 9
South Korean reading of various Chinese characters in isolation or as the first element of a compound, and also the reading in most dialects in 1945, excluding and, where they are pronounced in this position as  in Pyongan or as  in Yukjin.

From. When preceded by another character in a compound, they retain the original form.

In the North Korean standard, they are always read as, but this is an artificial imposition intended to standardize Sino-Korean readings, which did not reflect any major dialect's pronunciation in 1945.

Etymology
From, today replaced by Sino-Korean terms in all modern dialects.

Noun

 * 1) the Japanese