오음

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오음

Sino-Korean word from 五音, from 五 (“five”) + 音 (“sound”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈo̞(ː)ɯm]
Phonetic hangul: [오(ː)음]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	o'eum
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	o'eum
McCune–Reischauer^?	oŭm
Yale Romanization^?	ōum

오음 • (o'eum) (hanja 五音)

a pentatonic scale
five types of consonants divided according to articulation position in Hunminjeongeum, which corresponds to five basic sounds (Gung, Sang, Gak, Chi, Wu) in melody.