생가

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 生家, from 生 (“birth”) + 家 (“house”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 生(せい)家(か) (seika).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɛŋɡa̠] ~ [sʰe̞ŋɡa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [생가/셍가]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saengga
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saengga
McCune–Reischauer?saengga
Yale Romanization?sayngka

Noun

생가 • (saengga) (hanja 生家)

  1. birthplace
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