애국

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 愛國.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɛ(ː)ɡuk̚] ~ [ˈe̞(ː)ɡuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)국/에(ː)국]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?aeguk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aegug
McCune–Reischauer?aeguk
Yale Romanization?āykwuk

Noun

애국 • (aeguk) (hanja 愛國)

  1. patriotism

Derived terms

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