세계관

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 世界觀, from 世界 (“world”) + 觀 (“view”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世界観 (sekaikan), which is a calque of German Weltanschauung.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞ɡwa̠n] ~ [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞ɡwa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)계관/세(ː)게관]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	segyegwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	segyegwan
McCune–Reischauer?	segyegwan
Yale Romanization?	sēykyeykwan

Noun

세계관 • (segyegwan) (hanja 世界觀)

1. worldview