국자

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuk̚t͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [국짜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gukja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gugja
McCune–Reischauer?	kukcha
Yale Romanization?	kwukca

Etymology 1

국자 (gukja)

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

국자 • (gukja)

1. ladle

Etymology 2

Examples (Han characters used only in Korea)
답 (畓, dap) 돌 (乭, dol) 소 (㸴, so) 기 (怾, gi)

Sino-Korean word from 國字, from 國 (“country; nation”) + 字 (“writing”). Compare Japanese 国字 (“kokuji”)

Noun

국자 • (gukja) (hanja 國字)

1. Han characters invented and used only in Korea
2. national script, particularly Hangeul, the Korean national script

Synonyms

• (Korean national script): 한글 (han'geul, “Hangeul”), 언문 (諺文, eonmun), 조선글 (joseon'geul)

Hypernyms

• (Han character): 한자 (漢字, hanja, “Hanja”)

See also

• Category:Korean-only CJKV Characters