여권

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 旅券, from 旅 (“travel”) + 券 (“contract, ticket, voucher”), with compound/genitive tensing applied, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 旅券(りょけん) (ryoken).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeogwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeogwon
McCune–Reischauer?yŏkwŏn
Yale Romanization?yeqkwen

Noun
South Korean
Standard Language		 여권(旅券) (yeogwon)
North Korean
Standard Language		 려권(旅券) (ryeogwon)

여권 • (yeogwon) (hanja 旅券)

  1. passport
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 與圈, with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)k͈wʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)꿘]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeogwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeogwon
McCune–Reischauer?yŏkwŏn
Yale Romanization?yēqkwen

Noun

여권 • (yeogwon) (hanja 與圈)

  1. (politics) (the sphere of) the ruling party
    Antonym: 야권(野圈) (yagwon)
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