Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 假名, from (false) + (name)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)mjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gamyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gamyeong
McCune–Reischauer?kamyŏng
Yale Romanization?kāmyeng

Noun edit

가명 (gamyeong) (hanja 假名)

  1. alias
  2. (rare, linguistics) kana, the Japanese syllabary