오륜

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 五倫

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?oryun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?olyun
McCune–Reischauer?oryun
Yale Romanization?ōlyun

Noun

오륜 (oryun) (hanja 五倫)

  1. (Confucianism) five cardinal relationships

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 五輪

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?oryun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?olyun
McCune–Reischauer?oryun
Yale Romanization?ōlyun

Noun

오륜 (oryun) (hanja 五輪)

  1. the Olympic Rings
  2. (by extension) the Olympic Games

See also