귀감

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 龜鑑

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?gwigam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwigam
McCune–Reischauer?kwigam
Yale Romanization?kwīkam

Noun

귀감 (gwigam) (hanja 龜鑑)

  1. role model, paragon