도도부현

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 都道府縣, orthographic borrowing from Japanese 都道府県(とどうふけん) (todōfuken).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞do̞buʝʌ̹n]
    • Phonetic hangul: []
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?dodobuhyeon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?dodobuhyeon
    McCune–Reischauer?todobuhyŏn
    Yale Romanization?totopuhyen

    Noun

    도도부현 • (dodobuhyeon) (hanja 都道府縣)

    1. Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures and other prefectures (collectively, as the prefectural (prefecture-level) administrative divisions of Japan)