KoreanEdit

 
한글 (Hangeul)

EtymologyEdit

From 한(韓) (Han, Korea) / (han-, big, great) + (geul, writing). Coined in 1910 by Choe Nam-seon and Ju Si-gyeong.

PronunciationEdit

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)nɡɯɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?han'geul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hangeul
McCune–Reischauer?han'gŭl
Yale Romanization?hānkul

NounEdit

South Korean
Standard Language
한글 (han'geul)
North Korean
Standard Language
조선글 (joseon'geul)

한글 (han'geul)

  1. (chiefly South Korea) Hangul, the Korean alphabet
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한글
    한글 15세기 창제된 문자이다.
    Han'geur-eun sibo-segi-e changje-doen munja-ida.
    Hangul is a script created in the fifteenth century.
  2. (proscribed) the Korean language
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한국어
    한글 바르게 사용합시다.
    Han'geur-eul bareuge sayong-hapsida.
    Let us use proper Korean.
    • 2020, “'한글이 영어보다 위대한 이유' 꾸준글 사실일까?”, in SBS TV[1]:
      한글 영어보다 어순 배치 자유로운 강점 있다는 내용인데요.
      I geur-eun han'geur-i yeong'eo-boda eosun baechi-ga jayu-roun gangjeom-i itdaneun naeyong-indeyo.
      this piece of writing is about how the flexibility of Korean word order compared to English is a point in its favor
    • 2021, “KBS 다큐온, BTS 한글 댓글 한류 '한국어 하세요?' 외국어로서의 한국어 매력 분석”, in Korea Lecturer News[2]:
      ^BTS 노래 한글 따라 부르고 싶고 []
      Bitiesseu-ui norae-reul han'geul-lo ttara bureugo sipgo
      they want to sing along to BTS's songs in Korean []
  3. (colloquial, proscribed) a non-borrowed Korean word
    Synonyms: (formal) 고유어(固有語) (goyueo), (colloquial) 순우리말 (sunurimal)
    이름 한글 이름으로 지을 라고 했다.
    Ae ireum-eul han'geul ireum-euro jieul geo-rago haetda.
    He said he would give his child a native Korean name (i.e. not a Sino-Korean one).

Derived termsEdit

  • 한글날 (han'geullal, the Hangul Day)
  • 한글화 (han'geulhwa, Korean localization)