방향

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 方向, from 方 (“square”) + 向 (“toward”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?banghyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?banghyang
McCune–Reischauer?panghyang
Yale Romanization?panghyang

Noun

방향 • (banghyang) (hanja 方向)

  1. direction, orientation
    바람이 불어오고 있는 방향을 향해서
    barami bureoogo inneun banghyang'eul hyanghaeseo
    towards the direction from which the wind is blowing

Etymology 2

방향 (banghyang)

Sino-Korean word from 方響.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?banghyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?banghyang
McCune–Reischauer?panghyang
Yale Romanization?panghyang

Noun

방향 • (banghyang) (hanja 方響)

  1. (music) banghyang, a metallophone of Chinese origin used in Dangak, a genre of traditional Korean court music of Tang origin.
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