각선미

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 脚 (“leg”) + 線 (“line”) + 美 (“beauty”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ks͈ʌ̹nmi]
• Phonetic hangul: [각썬미]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gakseonmi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gagseonmi
McCune–Reischauer?	kaksŏnmi
Yale Romanization?	kak.senmi

Noun

각선미 • (gakseonmi) (hanja 脚線美)

1. attractive visual quality for describing the legs of a person

   우리 언니의 각선미가 참 예뻐!

   uri eonniui gakseonmiga cham yeppeo!

   My older sister has very nice legs!

Derived terms

• 다리매 (darimae) (in North Korea)