운검

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 별운검 (別雲劍, byeorun'geom)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 雲 (“"high" by status”) + 劍 (“sword”)

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?un'geom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ungeom
McCune–Reischauer?un'gŏm
Yale Romanization?wunkem

Noun

운검 • (un'geom) (hanja 雲劍)

  1. (history, weaponry) highly-decorated single-bladed curved sword used by the member of the royal guards during the Joseon dynasty

See also
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