이혼

Korean

Alternative forms

• 리혼 (rihon) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 離婚 (“to divorce”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ihon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ihon
McCune–Reischauer?	ihon
Yale Romanization?	īhon

Noun

이혼 • (ihon) (hanja 離婚)

1. divorce (legal dissolution of a marriage)

Derived terms

• 이혼하다 (ihonhada)