참혹

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 慘酷.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chamhok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chamhog
McCune–Reischauer?ch'amhok
Yale Romanization?chamhok

Noun

참혹 • (chamhok) (hanja 慘酷)

  1. extreme cruelty

Usage notes

Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 참혹 (chamhok) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 참혹하다 (chamhok-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 참혹함 (chamhok-ham).

Derived terms

  • 참혹(慘酷)하다 (chamhokhada, “to be extremely cruel”)
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