음절

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 音節

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eumjeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eumjeol
McCune–Reischauer?ŭmjŏl
Yale Romanization?umcel

Noun

음절 • (eumjeol) (hanja 音節)

  1. (linguistics) syllable

Derived terms

  • 음절말 (音節末, eumjeolmal, “syllable coda”)
  • 음절초(音節初) (eumjeolcho, “syllable onset”)
  • 음절핵 (音節核, eumjeolhaek, “syllable nucleus”)
  • 단음절 (單音節, daneumjeol, “monosyllable”)
  • 다음절 (多音節, da'eumjeol, “polysyllable”)