암흑

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 暗黑, from 暗 (“dark”) + 黑 (“black”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	amheuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	amheug
McCune–Reischauer?	amhŭk
Yale Romanization?	āmhuk

Noun

암흑 • (amheuk) (hanja 暗黑)

1. dark (a complete or partial absence of light)

Derived terms

• 암흑하다 (amheukhada, “to be dark”)