족주

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Korean

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 族誅.

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?jokju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jogju
McCune–Reischauer?chokchu
Yale Romanization?cōkcwu

Noun

족주 (jokju) (hanja 族誅)

  1. (historical) to execute all of somebody's relatives (as a punishment)