두만강

Korean

Etymology

Modern Korean reading of Hanja 豆滿江, presumably from Middle Korean 투먼〮가ᇰ (Thwùmén-kàng), from Jurchen tumən (“ten thousand”) +‎ 강(江) (gang, “river”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Duman'gang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Dumangang
McCune–Reischauer?Tuman'gang
Yale Romanization?twumankang

Proper noun

두만강 • (Duman'gang) (hanja 豆滿江)

  1. Tumen (a river forming part of the border between Jilin, China and North Korea, and the border between Rasŏn, North Korea and Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia)
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