암호

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 暗號, from 暗 (“secretive”) + 號 (“number”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈa̠(ː)mβo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [암(ː)호]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	amho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	amho
McCune–Reischauer?	amho
Yale Romanization?	āmho

Noun

암호 • (amho) (hanja 暗號)

1. (computing) password, code
   • 이름 [____]   암호 [____]

     ireum [____]   amho [____]

     name [____]   password [____]