국가장

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 國家葬, from 國家 (“state”) + 葬 (“funeral”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kuk̚k͈a̠d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [국까장]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Gukgajang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Guggajang
McCune–Reischauer?Kukkajang
Yale Romanization?kwuk.kacang

Noun

국가장 • (gukgajang) (hanja 國家葬)

  1. (South Korea) state funeral

Usage notes

Before 2011, there were two classes of state funeral in South Korea, namely 국장(國葬) (gukjang, literally “state funeral”) and 국민장(國民葬) (gungminjang, literally “citizen's funeral”). The two classes were since merged into one single 국가장 (國家葬) (gukgajang, literally “state funeral”) with the enactment of State Funerals Act (국가장법 (gukgajangbeop)).

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