가락점

Korean

Etymology

가락 (garak, “spindle; strand”) +‎ 점(點) (jeom, “point; dot”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠k̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [가락쩜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	garakjeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	galagjeom
McCune–Reischauer?	karakchŏm
Yale Romanization?	kalakcem

Noun

가락점 • (garakjeom)

1. (North Korea) diacritical marks, written to the left of (vertically written) Korean syllables in the Hunmin jeongeum, representing the tones of Middle Korean; fell into disuse by the 17th century.

   Synonyms: 방점(傍點) (bangjeom), 성조점(聲調點) (seongjojeom)

See also

• Japanese: 傍点(ぼうてん) (bōten), 圏点(けんてん) (kenten)