제국

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 뎨국(帝國) (dyeguk) — Early Modern

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 帝國 (“empire”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [제(ː)국]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jegug
McCune–Reischauer?cheguk
Yale Romanization?cēykwuk

Noun

제국 • (jeguk) (hanja 帝國)

  1. empire
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