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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | gaehwa |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaehwa |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kaehwa |
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| Yale Romanization? | kayhwa |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 開化, from 開 (“open, begin, operate”) + 化 (“become, make, turn into”). See also Japanese 開化 (kaika).
Noun
개화 • (gaehwa) (hanja 開化)
- enlightenment, civilization
- 개화된 국민 ― gaehwadoen gungmin ― a civilized people
Derived terms
- 문명개화(文明開化) (munmyeonggaehwa, “civilization and enlightenment”)
- 개화(開化)하다 (gaehwahada, “to enlighten, civilize”)
- 개화(開化)되다 (gaehwadoeda, “to be enlightened, civilized”)
- 개화인(開化人) (gaehwain, “a civilized person”)
- 개화운동(開化運動) (gaehwaundong, “enlightenment movement”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 開花, from 開 (“open, begin, operate”) + 花 (“flower, blossom, bloom”). See also Japanese 開化 (kaika).
Noun
개화 • (gaehwa) (hanja 開花)
- flowering, blooming, blossoming, flourishing, efflorescence
- 개화를 저속 촬영한 시퀀스 ― gaehwa-reul jeosok chwaryeonghan sikwonseu ― a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
Derived terms
- 개화(開花)하다 (gaehwahada, “to flower, bloom, blossom, flourish”)