가명

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 假名, from 假 (“false”) + 名 (“name”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)mjʌ̹ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)명]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gamyeong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gamyeong
    McCune–Reischauer?kamyŏng
    Yale Romanization?kāmyeng

    Noun

    가명 • (gamyeong) (hanja 假名)

    1. alias
    2. (rare, linguistics) kana, the Japanese syllabary
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