Korean

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Etymology

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Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 하락수 (河洛數, haraksu).

하락 (河洛, harak) here is an abbreviation of 하도낙서 (河圖洛書, hadonakseo, “the Yellow River Map and the Lo Shu Square”), tools in East Asian divination.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haraksi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?halagsi
McCune–Reischauer?haraksi
Yale Romanization?halak.si

The last syllable takes high pitch.

Noun

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하락시 (haraksi)

  1. (Yukjin, Yanbian) fortune-telling, divination

Synonyms

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References

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  • 박경래, 곽충구, 이기갑, 김정대 [bakgyeongnae, gwakchunggu, igigap, gimjeongdae] (2015) “새로 발굴한 방언(14) [saero balgulhan bang'eon(14), Newly discovered dialectal forms (14)]”, in Bang'eonhak, volume 21, pages 227—272