이혼

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 離婚 (“to divorce”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)βo̞n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)혼]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?ihon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?ihon
    McCune–Reischauer?ihon
    Yale Romanization?īhon

    Noun

    이혼 • (ihon) (hanja 離婚)

    1. divorce (legal dissolution of a marriage)

    Derived terms

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