수화

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 手話, from 手 (“hand”) + 話 (“speech”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?suhwa
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?suhwa
    McCune–Reischauer?suhwa
    Yale Romanization?swuhwa

    Noun

    수화 • (suhwa) (hanja 手話)

    1. sign language

    Usage notes

    • In linguistics and among Deaf people, 수어 (手語, sueo) is nowadays preferred because the hanja 話 (hwa, “speech”) may falsely imply that sign language is not a full language but merely a signed form of spoken language.
    • 수화 (手話, suhwa) remains significantly more common colloquially.
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