가차

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 假借.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gacha
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gacha
McCune–Reischauer?	kach'a
Yale Romanization?	kā.cha

Noun

가차 • (gacha) (hanja 假借)

1. (Chinese character classification) Chinese characters that are "borrowed" to write another homophonous or near-homophonous morpheme

See also

• (Korean) 음가자 (eumgaja)
• (Japanese) 当て字