U+B77D, 락
HANGUL SYLLABLE RAG
Composition: + +

[U+B77C]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B77E]
띾띿랁랂
랃랄랅랆랇랈랉
랊랋랎랏랐
랒랓랔랕랖랗
띠 ←→ 래

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?rak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lag
McCune–Reischauer?rak
Yale Romanization?lak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English rock.

Noun

• (rak)

  1. alternative spelling of (rok, (music) rock)
Usage notes

Though the standard notation for English loanwords is set to Received Pronunciation, most speakers in South Korea tend to transliterate the pronunciation into American accents. In this case, "록" is the only recognised spelling used by the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

• (rak)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as (nak) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading (rak) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

Alternative forms
  • (nak) (South Korea)

References