가명

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 假名, from 假 (“false”) + 名 (“name”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)mjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)명]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gamyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gamyeong
McCune–Reischauer?kamyŏng
Yale Romanization?kāmyeng

Noun

가명 • (gamyeong) (hanja 假名)

  1. alias
  2. (rare, linguistics) kana, the Japanese syllabary
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