감각

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 感覺, from 感 (“feeling”) + 覺 (“awakening”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)mɡa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [감(ː)각]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gamgak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gamgag
McCune–Reischauer?kamgak
Yale Romanization?kāmkak

Noun

감각 • (gamgak) (hanja 感覺)

  1. sensation
  2. A sense for something.

Derived terms
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