성화

Sino-Korean word from 成 (“to become”) + 火 (“fire”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋβwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [성화]

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 成火)

1. pestering; insisting on something one wants to do

   결혼식을 다녀온 아이들은 자기들도 결혼하고 싶다고 성화였다.

   Gyeolhonsig-eul danyeoon ai-deur-eun jagi-deul-do gyeolhonhago sipda-go seonghwa-yeotda.

   The children who had come back from the wedding were loudly insistent that they wanted to get married, too.

Sino-Korean word from 聖火, from 聖 (“sacred”) + 火 (“fire”).

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

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖火)

1. sacred flame

   이슬람의 도래 이후 사산조 페르시아의 3대 성화는 모두 소진되었다.

   Iseullam-ui dorae ihu Sasan-jo Pereusia-ui 3-dae seonghwa-neun modu sojindoeeotda.

   After the coming of Islam, the three great sacred flames of Sasanian Persia were all extinguished.

2. Olympic flame

Sino-Korean word from 聖 (“sacred”) + 畵 (“painting”).

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

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖畵)

1. (Christianity) religious painting; icon

Sino-Korean word from 聖化, from 聖 (“sacred”) + 化 (“-ize”).

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

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖化)

1. making or becoming holy:
   1. (Confucianism) the monarch's moral transformation of his subjects towards virtue
   2. (Christianity) sanctification; the believer's moral transformation by the grace of God