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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 手話, from 手 (“hand”) + 話 (“speech”).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | suhwa |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | suhwa |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | suhwa |
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| Yale Romanization? | swuhwa |
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Noun
수화 • (suhwa) (hanja 手話)
- sign language
Usage notes
- In linguistics and among Deaf people, 수어 (手語, sueo) is nowadays preferred because the hanja 話 (hwa, “speech”) may falsely imply that sign language is not a full language but merely a signed form of spoken language.
- 수화 (手話, suhwa) remains significantly more common colloquially.