이
Meanings
Noun
1. tooth, teeth (chiefly of a human)
2. the teeth of a saw or a similar jagged surface
3. mechanical joint (rare)
4. person, man (in the gender-neutral sense) (formal, literary or dated, dated, literary)
5. louse (tiny bloodsucking insect)
6. li, the underlying ordering principle of the cosmos (East Asian philosophy, especially Confucianism)
7. profit, benefit (possibly dated, dated)
8. interest (rare, dated)
Pronunciation
i
Examples14
저기 가는 이가 누구요?
Who is that man passing yonder?
이가 아프다
for the teeth to hurt; to have a toothache
이 빠진 컵
a chipped cup
말하는 이 없이 고요하다.
It is quiet, with no man to talk.
국민에게 이가 되는 일을 성심으로 챙기는 무실역행의 정치를 해야합니다.
We must carry out a politics of striving for practical benefits, earnestly embarking on enterprises which will provide benefit for the people.
눈에는 눈, 이에는 이
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth