韓国語

See also: 韩国语

Japanese

Kanji in this term
韓	国	語
かん Grade: S	こく Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
韓國語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

韓国 (Kankoku, “South Korea or just Korea”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language”), from South Korean 한국어 (han'gugeo)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんこくご [kàńkókúgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋko̞kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Noun

韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご) • (kankokugo) 

1. Korean language of South Korea
   • 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 56:

     オレの日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)どう？悪(わる)くないだろ　韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご)と英(えい)語(ご)も話(はな)すんだぜ　趣(しゅ)味(み)だな語(ご)学(がく)は

     Ore no nihongo dō? Waruku nai daro Kankokugo to eigo mo hanasu n da ze Shumi da na gogaku wa

     How’s my Japanese? Not bad, right? I also speak Korean and English. I like learning languages.

Synonyms

• 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)語(ご) (chōsengo)