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itwu

itwu noun: a method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.

Noun

itwu (uncountable)

  1. A method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.

Forms of itwu

alternative formidu

Origin of itwu

Borrowed from Korean 이두(吏讀) (idu), in the Yale romanization.

Questions about itwu

What does itwu mean?
Itwu means a method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.
What part of speech is itwu?
Itwu is a noun.

Words near itwu in the dictionary

  1. Iturregui
  2. Iturup
  3. ITUs
  4. ITV
  5. ITW
  6. itwu
  7. ITX
  8. Itylos
  9. Itylus
  10. ITYM
  11. Itys

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