글자

Korean

Etymology

글 (geul, “writing, writing system”) +‎ ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) +‎ 자(字) (ja, “character”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯʎt͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [글짜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geulja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geulja
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭlcha
Yale Romanization?	kulqca

Noun

글자 • (geulja) (hanja 㐎字)

1. letter, character (of a writing system)
   • 2015 December 30, ““크게 쉬고 먹었다”…울진 성류굴은 신라인들의 휴양지 [“keuge swigo meogeotda”…uljin seongnyugureun sillaindeurui hyuyangji]”, in hani.co.kr, The Hankyoreh:

     확대된 글자들 사진에 '大(대)' '息(식)' '食(식)' 세 글자의 윤곽이 뚜렷이 보인다.

     Hwakdae-doen geuljja-deul sajin-e 'dae' 'sik' 'sik' se geuljja-ui yungwag-i tturyeosi boinda.

     The outline of the three characters 大, 息, and 食 are clearly visible in the zoomed-in photograph of the characters.