고향

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 故鄕, from 故 (“old, of the past”) + 鄕 (“village, hometown”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ʝa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [고향]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gohyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gohyang
McCune–Reischauer?	kohyang
Yale Romanization?	kohyang

Noun

고향 • (gohyang) (hanja 故鄕)

1. one's hometown or birthplace
2. the ancestral home of one's family

Derived terms

• 고향집 (gohyangjip)