개혁

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 改革 (“reform”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)ʝʌ̹k̚] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)ʝʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [개(ː)혁/게(ː)혁]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaehyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaehyeog
McCune–Reischauer?	kaehyŏk
Yale Romanization?	kāyhyek

Noun

개혁 • (gaehyeok) (hanja 改革)

1. reform

Derived terms

• 개혁하다 (改革하다, gaehyeokhada, “to reform”)
• 개혁되다 (改革되다, gaehyeokdoeda, “to be reformed”)
• 개혁시키다 (改革시키다, gaehyeoksikida, “to reform”)
• 개혁주의 (改革主義, gaehyeokjuui, “reformism”)