가차

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 假借.

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?gacha
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?gacha
    McCune–Reischauer?kach'a
    Yale Romanization?kā.cha

    Noun

    가차 • (gacha) (hanja 假借)

    1. (Chinese character classification) Chinese characters that are "borrowed" to write another homophonous or near-homophonous morpheme

    See also