암흑

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 暗黑, from 暗 (“dark”) + 黑 (“black”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)mɣɯk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [암(ː)흑]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?amheuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?amheug
McCune–Reischauer?amhŭk
Yale Romanization?āmhuk

Noun

암흑 • (amheuk) (hanja 暗黑)

  1. dark (a complete or partial absence of light)

Derived terms

  • 암흑하다 (amheukhada, “to be dark”)
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