사학

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 史學, from 史 (“history”) + 學 (“learning, knowledge; school”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sahak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sahag
McCune–Reischauer?	sahak
Yale Romanization?	sāhak

Noun

사학 • (sahak) (hanja 史學)

1. history (the field of study)