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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | daeja |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | daeja |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | taeja |
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| Yale Romanization? | tāyca |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 大字.
Noun
대자 • (daeja) (hanja 大字)
- (typography) large text
- Coordinate terms: 소자(小字) (soja), 중자(中字) (jungja), 대자(大字) (daeja)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
대자 • (daeja)
- formal non-polite hortative of 대다 (daeda)