Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 政策 (policy), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 政策(せいさく) (seisaku)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongchaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongchaeg
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngch'aek
Yale Romanization?cēngchayk

Noun

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정책 (jeongchaek) (hanja 政策)

  1. policy