가정

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 家庭, from 家 (“house”) + 庭 (“household”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [가정]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gajeong
McCune–Reischauer?	kajŏng
Yale Romanization?	kaceng

Noun

가정 • (gajeong) (hanja 家庭)

1. a household, a family

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 假定, from 假 (“lie”) + 定 (“specification”), from Japanese 仮定 (katei)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈka̠(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)정]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gajeong
McCune–Reischauer?	kajŏng
Yale Romanization?	kāceng

Noun

가정 • (gajeong) (hanja 假定)

1. a supposition or presupposition
2. a hypothesis

Related terms

• 가정하다 (gajeonghada, “hypothesize”)

See also

• 가설 (gaseol, “hypothesis”)