고조선

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 古朝鮮

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)d͡ʑo̞sʰʌ̹n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [고(ː)조선]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Gojoseon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Gojoseon
    McCune–Reischauer?Kojosŏn
    Yale Romanization?kōcosen

    Proper noun

    고조선 • (Gojoseon) (hanja 古朝鮮)

    1. (historical) Gojoseon, an ancient kingdom on the Korean peninsula (? – 108 BCE)

    See also

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.