동화

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 童話 (fairy tale)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈto̞(ː)ŋβwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?donghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?donghwa
McCune–Reischauer?tonghwa
Yale Romanization?tōnghwa

Noun

동화 • (donghwa) (hanja 童話)

  1. fairy tale
    전래동화에서 만났던 그때 그 동물들jeollae-donghwa-eseo mannat-deon geuttae geu dongmul-deulThose animals we met in traditional fairy tales

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 同化 (assimilation)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?donghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?donghwa
McCune–Reischauer?tonghwa
Yale Romanization?tonghwa

Noun

동화 • (donghwa) (hanja 同化)

  1. assimilation
Derived terms
  • 역행동화 (逆行同化, yeokhaengdonghwa, “regressive assimilation”)
  • 순행동화 (順行同化, sunhaengdonghwa, “progressive assimilation”)
  • 상호동화 (相互同化, sanghodonghwa, “reciprocal assimilation”)
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