Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 口訣

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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구결 (gugyeol) (hanja 口訣)

  1. kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)

Synonyms

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See also

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