건국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 建國.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkʌ̹(ː)nɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [건(ː)국]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geon'guk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geongug
McCune–Reischauer?kŏn'guk
Yale Romanization?kēnkwuk

Noun

건국 • (geon'guk) (hanja 建國)

  1. establishment of a nation

Derived terms
  • 건국(建國)하다 (geon'gukhada)
  • 건국(建國)되다 (geon'gukdoeda)
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