석사

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 碩士, from 碩 (“eminent”) + 士 (“gentleman”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ks͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [석싸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seoksa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seogsa
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏksa
Yale Romanization?	sek.sa

Noun

석사 • (seoksa) (hanja 碩士)

1. master's degree
2. a person who has completed a master's degree
3. (historical, Joseon Dynasty) a man of the seonbi class without a title