약자

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yakja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yagja
McCune–Reischauer?yakcha
Yale Romanization?yakca

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 略字, from 略 (“abbreviate”) + 字 (“letter”).

Noun

South Korean
Standard Language 		약자(略字) (yakja)
North Korean
Standard Language 		략자(略字) (ryakja)

약자 • (yakja) (hanja 略字)

  1. abbreviation, acronym
  2. a colloquial simplified form of a character
    學(학)의 약자는 学(학)이다. ― hakui yakjaneun hakida. ― The simplified form of "學" is "学".

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 弱者, from 弱 (“weak”) + 者 (“person”).

Noun

약자 • (yakja) (hanja 弱者)

  1. a weak person
    Antonym: 강자(強者) (gangja)
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