운검

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 별운검 (別雲劍, byeorun'geom)

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 雲 (“"high" by status”) + 劍 (“sword”)

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?un'geom
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?ungeom
    McCune–Reischauer?un'gŏm
    Yale Romanization?wunkem

    Noun

    운검 • (un'geom) (hanja 雲劍)

    1. (history, weaponry) highly-decorated single-bladed curved sword used by the member of the royal guards during the Joseon dynasty

    See also

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