족주

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 族誅.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕo̞(ː)k̚t͡ɕ͈u]
  • Phonetic hangul: [족(ː)쭈]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jokju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jogju
McCune–Reischauer?chokchu
Yale Romanization?cōkcwu

Noun

족주 • (jokju) (hanja 族誅)

  1. (historical) to execute all of somebody's relatives (as a punishment)
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