화성

Korean
화성

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 火星, from 火 (“fire”) + 星 (“star”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɸwa̠(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [화(ː)성]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Hwaseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Hwaseong
McCune–Reischauer?Hwasŏng
Yale Romanization?hwāseng

Proper noun

화성 • (Hwaseong) (hanja 火星)

  1. Mars

See also
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