사물

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 事物, from 事 (“affair”) + 物 (“thing”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)muɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)물]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?samul
McCune–Reischauer?samul
Yale Romanization?sāmul

Noun

사물 • (samul) (hanja 事物)

  1. thing; object; matter
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