국자

Korean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[kuk̚t͡ɕ͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[국짜]
Revised Romanization? gukja
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gugja
McCune–Reischauer? kukcha
Yale Romanization? kwukqca

Etymology 1
국자 (gukja)

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

국자 • (gukja)

  1. ladle

Etymology 2
Examples (Han characters used only in Korea)

답 (畓, dap)
돌 (乭, dol)
소 (㸴, so)
기 (怾, gi)

Sino-Korean word from 國字, from 國 (“country; nation”) + 字 (“writing”). Compare Japanese 国字 (“kokuji”)

Noun

국자 • (gukja) (hanja 國字)

  1. Han characters invented and used only in Korea
  2. national script, particularly Hangeul, the Korean national script
Synonyms
Hypernyms
See also
  • Category:Korean-only CJKV Characters
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