대한민국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 대한(大韓) (Daehan, “Korea”) + 민국(民國) (min'guk, “republic”), which is based on 대한 제국(大韓帝國) (Daehan jeguk, “The Empire of Korea”). According to 1946 Joseon Sangsik Mundap of Choe Nam-seon, 대(大) (dae, “grand”) is used before 한(韓) (han, “Korea”) to distinguish it from the traditional smaller Hans (삼한(三韓) (Samhan)). The use of 大 (“grand”) in a name of an empire is a Chinese tradition (ex. 大日本帝國, 大英帝國)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠nminɡuk̚] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠nminɡuk̚]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)한민국/데(ː)한민국]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Daehanmin'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Daehanmingug
McCune–Reischauer?Taehanmin'guk
Yale Romanization?tāyhanminkwuk

Proper noun

대한민국 • (Daehanmin'guk) (hanja 大韓民國)

  1. Republic of Korea (official name of South Korea: a country in East Asia)
  2. (South Korea) Korea

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Coordinate terms

countries in Asia: 아시아의 나라 (asia-ui nara) (appendix)edit

Descendants

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