삼국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 三國, from 三 (“three”) + 國 (“nations”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[sʰa̠mɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[삼국]
Revised Romanization? samguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)? samgug
McCune–Reischauer? samguk
Yale Romanization? samkwuk

Noun

삼국 • (samguk) (hanja 三國)

  1. three nations; trilateral
  2. (Korean history) the Three Kingdoms of Korea
  3. (Chinese history) the w:Three Kingdoms of Chinese history
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