철학

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 哲 (“wise”) and 學 (“learning”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈʨʰʌɾhak̚
• Phonetic hangul: 철학

Romanization

Revised	cheorhak	transliteration	cheorhag
McCune-Reischauer	ch'ŏrhak	Yale	chelhak

Noun

철학 (cheorhak, hanja 哲學)

1. philosophy

Derived terms

• 철학자 (cheorhakja, “philosopher”)
• 철학적 (cheorhakjeok, “philosophical”)