이혼

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 리혼 (rihon) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 離婚 (“to divorce”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)βo̞n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)혼]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ihon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ihon
McCune–Reischauer?ihon
Yale Romanization?īhon

Noun

이혼 • (ihon) (hanja 離婚)

  1. divorce (legal dissolution of a marriage)

Derived terms

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