험악

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 險惡.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heomak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heom'ag
McCune–Reischauer?	hŏmak
Yale Romanization?	hēm.ak

Noun

험악 • (heomak) (hanja 險惡)

1. danger
2. sternness

Related terms

• 험악하다 (heomakhada)