어근

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語根, from 語 (“word”) + 根 (“root”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɡɯn]
• Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)근]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eogeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eogeun
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏgŭn
Yale Romanization?	ēkun

Noun

어근 • (eogeun) (hanja 語根)

1. (linguistics) root