두음

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 頭音, from 頭 (“head, first, beginning”) + 音 (“sound”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tuɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [두음]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dueum
McCune–Reischauer?	tuŭm
Yale Romanization?	twuum

Noun

두음 • (dueum) (hanja 頭音)

1. (linguistics) initial (sound)

Derived terms

• 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik)