함수
Korean
editEtymology
editSino-Korean word from 函數 (“function”), with compound/genitive tensing applied, itself first used in print in 1859 in Li Shanlan's Chinese translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus.
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)ms͈u]
- Phonetic hangul: [함(ː)쑤]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | hamsu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hamsu |
McCune–Reischauer? | hamssu |
Yale Romanization? | hāmqswu |