음절

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 音節

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?eumjeol
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?eumjeol
    McCune–Reischauer?ŭmjŏl
    Yale Romanization?umcel

    Noun

    음절 • (eumjeol) (hanja 音節)

    1. (linguistics) syllable

    Derived terms

    • 음절말 (音節末, eumjeolmal, “syllable coda”)
    • 음절초(音節初) (eumjeolcho, “syllable onset”)
    • 음절핵 (音節核, eumjeolhaek, “syllable nucleus”)
    • 단음절 (單音節, daneumjeol, “monosyllable”)
    • 다음절 (多音節, da'eumjeol, “polysyllable”)