가락점

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Korean

Etymology

가락 (garak, spindle; strand) +‎ 점(點) (jeom, point; dot).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?garakjeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?galagjeom
McCune–Reischauer?karakchŏm
Yale Romanization?kalakcem

Noun

가락점 (garakjeom)

  1. (North Korea) diacritical marks, written to the left of (vertically written) Korean syllables in the Hunmin jeongeum, representing the tones of Middle Korean; fell into disuse by the 17th century.
    Synonyms: 방점(傍點) (bangjeom), 성조점(聲調點) (seongjojeom)

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