Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 遠足, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 遠足(えんそく) (ensoku).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwɘ(ː)ɲd͡ʑo̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wonjok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wonjog
McCune–Reischauer?wŏnjok
Yale Romanization?wēn.cok

Noun

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원족 (wonjok) (hanja 遠足)

  1. (chiefly North Korea) excursion
    Synonym: (chiefly South Korea) 소풍(逍風) (sopung)