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kwukyel

/ˈkuɡjʌl/

kwukyel noun: abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.

Noun

kwukyel (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.

Forms of kwukyel

alternative formgugyeol
alternative formkugyŏl
alternative formkugyol

Origin of kwukyel

Borrowed from kwūkyel, the Yale romanization of Korean 구결(口訣) (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (MC khuwX kwet, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 (kǒu, “mouth”) + 訣 /诀 (jué, “rhymed saying”).

Questions about kwukyel

What does kwukyel mean?
Kwukyel means abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.
What part of speech is kwukyel?
Kwukyel is a noun.
How do you pronounce kwukyel?
Kwukyel is pronounced /ˈkuɡjʌl/.

Words near kwukyel in the dictionary

  1. Kwongs
  2. Kwons
  3. Kwot
  4. KWS
  5. KWT
  6. kwukyel
  7. Kwun Tong
  8. kwyjibo
  9. kwyjibos
  10. KX
  11. Kx'a

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