반절

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 反切.

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?banjeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?banjeol
McCune–Reischauer?panjŏl
Yale Romanization?pān.cel

Noun

반절 (banjeol) (hanja 反切)

  1. (Chinese phonetics) fanqie (in traditional Chinese lexicography, a method of indicating the pronunciation of a character by using two other characters, each giving part of the pronunciation)