구결

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 口訣

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gugyeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gugyeol
McCune–Reischauer?kugyŏl
Yale Romanization?kwūkyel

Noun

구결 (gugyeol) (hanja 口訣)

  1. kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)

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