동화

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 童話 (“fairy tale”)

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?donghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?donghwa
McCune–Reischauer?tonghwa
Yale Romanization?tōnghwa

Noun

동화 • (donghwa) (hanja 童話)

  1. fairy tale
    전래동화에서 만났던 그때 그 동물들 ― jeollae-donghwa-eseo mannat-deon geuttae geu dongmul-deul ― Those animals we met in traditional fairy tales

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 同化 (“assimilation”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?donghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?donghwa
McCune–Reischauer?tonghwa
Yale Romanization?tonghwa

Noun

동화 • (donghwa) (hanja 同化)

  1. assimilation
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