세계관

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 世界觀, from 世界 (“world”) + 觀 (“view”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世界観 (sekaikan), which is a calque of German Weltanschauung.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞ɡwa̠n] ~ [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞ɡwa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)계관/세(ː)게관]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?segyegwan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?segyegwan
McCune–Reischauer?segyegwan
Yale Romanization?sēykyeykwan

Noun

세계관 • (segyegwan) (hanja 世界觀)

  1. worldview
  2. (fandom slang) a fictional universe
  3. (fandom slang) a fictional universe as a holistic system including the rules of the story
  4. (fandom slang) the canon of a fictional universe
  5. (fandom slang) a mix of the definitions after the first one combined
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