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==Korean==

===Etymology 1===
{{anchor|手}}
{{ko-etym-sino|手|hand, way}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|슈〮|syú}}. However, the dependent noun is usually not written in [[hanja]].

The word somewhat displaced the native dependent noun {{m|ko|줄|t=fact, ability}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=Ko-수.ogg}}

====Dependent noun====
{{ko-pos|dependent|occasional hanja=手}}

# {{lb|ko|after verbal or adjectival adnominals}} [[way]], [[means]], [[possibility]], [[ability]]; {{n-g|used to express ability, in constructions equivalent to the English modal "can"}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[그러다|그러는]] '''수'''[[밖에]] [[없다|없겠네]].|t=I suppose that's all you can do.|lit=[I suppose] there is no '''way''' but to do that.}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[움직이다|움직일]] '''수'''[[-가]] [[없다]].|t=I can't move.|lit=I lack the '''ability''' to move.}}
#: {{ux|ko|[[중국]][[-을]] [[가다|갔을]] '''수'''[[-도]] [[있다|있어]][[-요]].|t=He might have gone to China as well.|lit=There is also the '''possibility''' that he went to China.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Some speakers mistakenly believe that the element {{m|ko||수}} in the suffix {{m|ko|을수록|t=the more...}} is this dependent noun, but in reality this is a reflex of Middle Korean {{okm-inline|ᄉᆞ|so}}.

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=手}}

# {{lb|ko|board games}} [[move]]
#: {{ux|ko|[[한]] '''수'''[[-만]] [[더]] [[두다|두면]] [[외통수]][[다]].|t=Just one more '''move''', and it's checkmate.}}
# {{lb|ko|originally|_|board games|also figurative}} [[ability]], [[talent]], [[skill]]
#: {{ux|ko|[[최소한]] [[영어]][[-는]] [[내]][[-가]] [[걔]][[보다|보단]] [[한]] '''수''' [[위]][[-이다|-야]].|t=At the very least, my skill in English is a notch better than hers.}}

====Suffix====
{{ko-suffix|hanja=-[[手]]}}

# [[-er]]; [[-ist]]

====Derived terms====
* {{m|ko|꼼수}}
* {{m|ko|외통수}}
* {{seeHanja|手}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ko-etym-sino|數|number}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|수〯|swǔ}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|l=y}}
* {{ko-tone|L_reg}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=數}}

# [[number]]
#: {{syn|ko|숫자|개수}}
# {{lb|ko|less common}} [[destiny]], [[fate]] (especially a [[favorable]] one)
#: {{syn|ko|운수(運數)}}

====Determiner====
{{ko-pos|determiner|hanja=數}}

# a [[few]], [[several]]
#: {{uxi|ko|'''수''' [[킬로미터]]|t='''several''' kilometers}}
#: {{uxi|ko|'''수'''[[십]] [[명]]|t='''several''' tens of people}}

=====Usage notes=====
When used before a numeral, this word is not spaced.

====Derived terms====
* {{m|ko|수없다|t=to be countless}}
* {{m|ko|수없이|t=countlessly}}
* {{seeHanja|數}}

===Etymology 3===
{{anchor|male}}
{{ko-etym-native|bdb|숳〮|swúh}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=Ko-수.ogg}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun}}

# {{lb|ko|uncommon|usually used as a prefix}} [[male]] (non-human)
#: {{syn|ko|수컷|q1=much more common}}
#: {{ant|ko|암|t=female}}

====Prefix====
{{ko-pos|prefix}}

# [[male]] (non-human)
#: {{ant|ko|암|t=female}}
# {{lb|ko|of objects that fit together}} [[protruding]]
#: {{ant|ko|암|t=concave, curving inwards}}

=====Usage notes=====
As the relic of the Middle Korean [[coda]] {{IPAfont|/-h/}} now lost in Modern Korean, the prefix usually aspirates a subsequent plosive.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col2|ko
|수꿩<t:male pheasant>
|수나사<t:bolt>
|수놈<t:male animal>
|수소<t:male cow>
|수캉아지<t:male puppy>
|수캐<t:male dog>
|수컷<t:male animal>
|수탉<t:rooster>
|수탕나귀<t:jackass>
|수퇘지<t:male pig>
|수평아리<t:male chick>
|수고양이<t:male cat>
|숫기<t:assertiveness; confidence>
}}

===Etymology 4===
{{ko-etym-sino|水|water}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|슈〮|syú}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=Ko-수.ogg}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=水}}

# [[water]], as one of the [[Five Phases]] of [[East Asia]]n [[cosmology]]
#: {{syn|ko|물|t=water|q=in general}}
#: {{hypernyms|ko|오행(五行)|t=Five Phases}}
#: {{coordinate terms|ko|목(木)|t1=tree|화(火)|t2=fire|토(土)|t3=earth|금(金)|t4=metal}}
# {{short for|ko|수요일(水曜日)|dot=:}} [[Wednesday]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|水}}

===Etymology 5===
{{ko-etym-sino|繡|embroidering}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|슈〯|syǔ}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|l=y}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=繡}}

# [[embroidering]] (in [[cloth]])
#: {{syn|ko|자수(刺繡)}}
#: {{uxi|ko|[[비단]][[-에]] '''수'''[[-를]] [[놓다]]|t=to '''embroider''' silk}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ko|수를 놓다|수(繡)-를 놓다}}
* {{seeHanja|繡}}

===Etymology 6===
{{ko-etym-sino|首|head}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|슈〮|syú}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=Ko-수.ogg}}

====Counter====
{{ko-pos|counter|hanja=首}}

# {{n-g|A counter for [[poem]]s.}}
# {{lb|ko|formal}} {{n-g|A counter for [[animal]]s.}}
#: {{syn|ko|마리|q=more common}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|首}}

===Etymology 7===
{{anchor|受}}
{{ko-etym-sino|受|accept}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|슈|syù}}.

The sense of "bottom" is {{obor|ko|ja|受け|tr=uke|nocap=y}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=Ko-수.ogg}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=受}}

# {{lb|ko|Buddhism|philosophy}} ''{{w|vedanā}}'' ([[sensation]] in [[Buddhist]] [[philosophy]])
# {{lb|ko|slang}} [[bottom]] (in a [[gay]] [[sexual]] [[relationship]]); [[uke]]
#: {{syn|ko|바텀}}
#: {{ant|ko|공(攻)<t:seme>}}
#: {{hypo|ko|공수(攻受)}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|受}}

===Etymology 8===
{{ko-etym-sino|髓|bone marrow}}, from the [[Middle Korean]] reading {{okm-inline|슈〯|syǔ}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=髓}}

# {{lb|ko|logging}} [[pith]] (of [[wood]])
#: {{syn|ko|수심(樹心)}}
# {{lb|ko|uncommon}} [[bone]] [[marrow]]
#: {{syn|ko|골수(骨髓)}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|髓}}

===Etymology 9===
{{ko-etym-sino|隋|the Sui}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|cap=y}}

====Proper noun====
{{ko-proper noun|hanja=隋}}

# {{lb|ko|formal|academic}} the [[Sui]], a short-lived [[Chinese]] [[dynasty]]
#: {{syn|ko|^수나라|t=the Sui|pos=usual non-academic term}}

=====Usage notes=====
As with all historical Chinese polities with a single-character name, the Sui are usually referred to with the suffix {{m|ko|[[나라#Suffix|나라]]|t=nation, country}} as {{m|ko|^수나라|t=the Sui country}} outside of academia.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|隋}}

===Etymology 10===
{{ko-etym-sino|守|defend}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=守}}

# {{lb|ko|historical}} From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, two government offices both belonging to the {{m|ko|정사품(正四品)|t=upper degree of the fourth rank of government}}:
## An office supervising court food supplies
## An honorary office given to distant royal relatives

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|守}}

===Etymology 11===
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

====Syllable====
{{ko-syllable-hanja}}

{{collapse|
# {{ko-hanja-reading|水|[[물]]|[[water]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|手|[[손]]|[[hand]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|受|[[받을]]|[[accept]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|授|[[줄]]|[[give]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|首|[[머리]]|[[head]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|守|[[지킬]]|[[protection]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|收|[[거둘]]|[[collect]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|誰}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|須}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|雖|[[비록]]|[[although]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|愁}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|樹|[[나무]]|[[tree]]; [[plant]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|壽}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|數}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|修|[[닦을]]|[[discipline]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|秀|[[빼어날]]|[[outstanding]], [[remarkable]], [[escellent]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|囚}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|需}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|帥|[[장수]]|[[commander]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|殊}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|隨}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|輸|[[보낼]]|to [[transport]]; to [[send]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|獸}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|睡|[[졸음]]|[[sleeping]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|遂}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|垂}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|搜}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|洙}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|琇}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|銖}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|粹}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|穗}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|繡|[[수놓을]]|[[embroider]]; [[gorgeous]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|隋}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|髓|[[뼛골]]|[[bone]] [[marrow]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|袖|[[소매]]|[[sleeve]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|嗽}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|嫂|[[형수]]|[[sister-in-law]]; [[elder]] [[brother]]'s [[wife]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|岫}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|戍}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|漱}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|燧}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|狩}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|璲}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|瘦}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|綏}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|綬}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|羞}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|茱}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|蒐}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|蓚}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|藪}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|邃}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|酬}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|銹}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|隧}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|鬚|[[수염]]|[[beard]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|䳠}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|賥}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|豎}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|讎}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|睢}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|睟}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|瓍}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|宿|[[잘]]|[[sleep]]; [[lodging]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|汓}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|㻽}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|叟}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|售}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|廋}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|晬}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|殳}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|泅}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|溲}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|瞍}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|祟}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|籔}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|脺}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|膄}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|膸}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|陲}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|颼}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|饈}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|寿|{{alt form|ko|壽}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|脩|{{alt form|ko|修}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|穂|{{alt form|ko|穗}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|峀|{{alt form|ko|岫}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|竪|{{alt form|ko|豎}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|讐|{{alt form|ko|讎}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|濉|{{alt form|ko|睢}}}}
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===References===
* {{R:ko:Inmyeongyonghanjapyo}}

{{C|ko|Days of the week}}