서문

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 序文

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)mun]
  • Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)문]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seomun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seomun
McCune–Reischauer?sŏmun
Yale Romanization?sēmun

Noun

서문 • (seomun) (hanja 序文)

  1. preface, foreword
    Synonym: 머리말 (meorimal)
    Antonym: 발문(跋文) (balmun)
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