미성

Korean

FWOTD – 31 August 2023

Sino-Korean word from 美聲, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 聲 (“sound”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmi(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)성]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	miseong
McCune–Reischauer^?	misŏng
Yale Romanization^?	mīseng

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 美聲)

beautiful voice
발음 을 해 주는 게 그녀 였다 면, 나 는 사전 의 모든 단어 를 통째로 외워 버릴 자신 도 있었다. 들어 도 들어 도 안 질리는 미성이었다.
Bareum-eul hae-juneun ge geunyeo-yeotda-myeon, na-neun sajeon-ui modeun daneo-reul tongjjaero oewo-beoril jasin-do isseotda. Deureo-do deureo-do an jillineun miseon-g'ieotda.
If it'd been her pronouncing [the words], I was sure I could've memorized every word in the entire dictionary. It was a beautiful voice you couldn't get tired of even if you heard it again and again.

Sino-Korean word from 微 (“small”) + 聲 (“sound”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	miseong
McCune–Reischauer^?	misŏng
Yale Romanization^?	miseng

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 微聲)

tiny sound
- 2014, [세트]동국기(전9권/완결) [[seteu]donggukgi(jeon9gwon/wan'gyeol)]‎^[1], 로크미디어 [rokeumidieo]:
  언제 부터 인가 송연한 느낌 을 주는 미성微聲이 귀 에 들렸다.
  Eonje-buteo-in'ga song'yeonhan neukkim-eul juneun miseon-g'i gwi-e deullyeotda.
  At some point, he heard a tiny sound that sent a chill down his spine.

Sino-Korean word from 微 (“tiny”) + 誠 (“care, contribution”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	miseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	miseong
McCune–Reischauer^?	misŏng
Yale Romanization^?	miseng

미성 • (miseong) (hanja 微誠)