English Explanatory Dictionary

kwukyel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.

Pronunciation

/ˈkuɡjʌl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kwukyel.wav

Word forms

kwukyel gugyeol kugyŏl

Etymology

Borrowed from kwūkyel, the Yale romanization of Korean 구결(口訣) (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (MC khuwX kwet, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 (kǒu, “mouth”) + 訣 /诀 (jué, “rhymed saying”).

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