어근

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 語根, from 語 (“word”) + 根 (“root”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɡɯn]
    • Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)근]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?eogeun
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?eogeun
    McCune–Reischauer?ŏgŭn
    Yale Romanization?ēkun

    Noun

    어근 • (eogeun) (hanja 語根)

    1. (linguistics) root
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