개혁

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 改革 (“reform”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)ʝʌ̹k̚] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)ʝʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개(ː)혁/게(ː)혁]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaehyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaehyeog
McCune–Reischauer?kaehyŏk
Yale Romanization?kāyhyek

Noun

개혁 • (gaehyeok) (hanja 改革)

  1. reform

Derived terms
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