함수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 函數 (“function”), with compound/genitive tensing applied, itself first used in print in 1859 in Li Shanlan's Chinese translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)ms͈u]
  • Phonetic hangul: [함(ː)쑤]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hamsu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hamsu
McCune–Reischauer?hamssu
Yale Romanization?hāmqswu

Noun

함수 • (hamsu) (hanja 函數)

  1. (mathematics) function
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