태양상

Korean

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Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il portraits

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 太陽 (“sun”) + 像 (“portrait”). The "sun" originally referred to Kim Il-sung; his given name 일 성 (日成, ilseong) literally means “becoming the Sun”.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰɛ(ː)ja̠ŋsʰa̠ŋ] ~ [ˈtʰe̞(ː)ja̠ŋsʰa̠ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [태(ː)양상/테(ː)양상]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Taeyangsang
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Taeyangsang
McCune–Reischauer^?	T'aeyangsang
Yale Romanization^?	thāyyangsang

Noun

태양상 • (taeyangsang) (hanja 太陽像)

(North Korea) the smiling portraits of the Supreme Leaders (Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) of North Korea