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Tutorial on How to Use
“The Korean Romanization and Word Division (Basic Guide)”
Hana Kim
Korea Studies Librarian
Created in March 2012
Korean StudiesCheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
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Basic Korean Romanization
� “The Korean Romanization and Word Division Guide
(Basic Guide)” has tables illustrating romanization
methods.
� This tutorial will help you to understand how to romanize
Korean words in a step-by-step fashion.
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- initial element ㄱ
ㄱ
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- initial letter ㄱ- vowel ㅏ
가
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅏㅏㅏㅏ- final element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ
감
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k
k
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a
ka
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m
kam
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Example 1: 감감감감
� Thus, the word 감감감감 is romanized as kam .
감 kam
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)
- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ
ㅁ
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)
- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ
미
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)
- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㄴㄴㄴㄴ, , , , ㅈㅈㅈㅈ
민 ㅈ
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)
- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㄴㄴㄴㄴ, , , , ㅈㅈㅈㅈ
- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ
민주
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)
- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㄴㄴㄴㄴ, , , , ㅈㅈㅈㅈ
- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ- final element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ
� Thus, 민중민중민중민중.
민중
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m
m
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i
mi
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i- ㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈ with nj
minj
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i- ㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈ with nj- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u
minju
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i- ㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈ with nj- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with ng
minjung
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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중
� Thus, the word 민중민중민중민중 is romanized as minjung .
민중 minjung
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Medial Elements
� Medial elements are the two elements that occur when the final element from the first syllable is followed by the initial element of the second syllable.
� In the previous example of 민중민중민중민중, ㄴㄴㄴㄴ is followed by ㅈㅈㅈㅈ. Therefore, the medial elements are ㄴㄴㄴㄴ and ㅈㅈㅈㅈ.
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How to Read Medial Elements in the Consonant Table
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ
ㄱ
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ
거
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ
거ㅈ
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ
거지
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㅅㅅㅅㅅ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ
거짓ㅁ
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㅅㅅㅅㅅ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ
- vowel ㅏㅏㅏㅏ
거짓마
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㅅㅅㅅㅅ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ
- vowel ㅏㅏㅏㅏ
- final element ㄹㄹㄹㄹ
거짓말
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k
k
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ
kŏŏŏŏ
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j
kŏj
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I
kŏji
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with nm
kŏjinm
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with nm- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a
kŏjinma
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with nm- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a- ㄹㄹㄹㄹ with l
kŏjinmal
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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말
� Thus, the word 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말 is romanized as kŏŏŏŏjinmal .
거짓말 kŏjinmal
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어
- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ
ㅇ
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어
- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ
외
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어
- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ
외 ㄱ
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어
- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ
외구
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어
- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ- medial elements ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ
외국ㅇ
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어
- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ- medial elements ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ
외국어
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe
oe
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g
oeg
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u
oegu
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with g nothing
oegug
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly
- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with g nothing- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ
oegugŏŏŏŏ
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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어
� Thus, the word 외국어외국어외국어외국어 is romanized as oegug ŏŏŏŏ.
oegugŏŏŏŏ외국어
Slide 50
Practice Exercises (1)
� 문학문학문학문학
� 현대화현대화현대화현대화
� 바가지바가지바가지바가지
� 정리정리정리정리
� 국민국민국민국민
� Answers shown on the next slide.
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Practice Exercises (1) - Answers
� 문학문학문학문학
� 현대화현대화현대화현대화
� 바가지바가지바가지바가지
� 정리정리정리정리
� 국민국민국민국민
� munhak� hyŏŏŏŏndaehwa� pagaji� chŏŏŏŏngni� kungmin
Slide 52
Practice Exercises (2)
� 신라신라신라신라
� 철학철학철학철학
� 잇몸잇몸잇몸잇몸
� 쉼표쉼표쉼표쉼표
� 깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기
� Answers shown on the next slide.
Slide 53
Practice Exercises (2) - Answers
� 신라신라신라신라
� 철학철학철학철학
� 잇몸잇몸잇몸잇몸
� 쉼표쉼표쉼표쉼표
� 깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기
� Silla� ch’ŏŏŏŏrhak� inmom� shwimp’yo� kkakttugi
Slide 54
Practice Exercises (3)
� 입문론입문론입문론입문론
� 언어언어언어언어
� 도교도교도교도교
� 총론총론총론총론
� 도움말도움말도움말도움말
� Answers shown on the next slide.
Slide 55
Practice Exercises (3) - Answers
� 입문론입문론입문론입문론
� 언어언어언어언어
� 도교도교도교도교
� 총론총론총론총론
� 도움말도움말도움말도움말
� immunnon� ŏŏŏŏnŏŏŏŏ� Togyo� ch’ongnon� toummal
Slide 56
Practice Exercises (4)
� 탁류탁류탁류탁류
� 평준화평준화평준화평준화
� 난중일기난중일기난중일기난중일기
� 약물약물약물약물
� 그늘그늘그늘그늘
� Answers shown on the next slide.
Slide 57
Practice Exercises (4) - Answers
� 탁류탁류탁류탁류
� 평준화평준화평준화평준화
� 난중일기난중일기난중일기난중일기
� 약물약물약물약물
� 그늘그늘그늘그늘
� t’angnyu� p’yŏŏŏŏngjunhwa� Nanjung ilgi� yangmul� kŭŭŭŭnŭŭŭŭl
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