초성

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 初 (“first”) + 聲 (“sound”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?choseong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?choseong
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'osŏng
    Yale Romanization?choseng

    Noun

    초성 • (choseong) (hanja 初聲)

    1. initial sound; a consonant, consonant cluster, or silence in the syllable-initial position of Korean phonemics and hangul orthography

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