락

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [락]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	rak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	lag
McCune–Reischauer?	rak
Yale Romanization?	lak

Etymology 1

라락띾띿란랁랂 랃랄랅랆랇랈랉 랊랋람랍랎랏랐 랑랒랓랔랕랖랗
띠 ←	→ 래

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 락 • (rak)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄹ, ㅏ, and ㄱ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

락 (rak)

1. 落:

   (MC reading: 落 (MC lak))

2. 樂:

   (MC reading: 樂 (MC ngaewH|ngaewk|lak))

3. 絡:

   (MC reading: 絡 (MC lak))

4. 珞:

   (MC reading: 珞 (MC lak))

5. 酪:

   (MC reading: 酪 (MC lak))

6. 烙:

   (MC reading: 烙 (MC lak))

7. 駱:

   (MC reading: 駱 (MC lak))

8. 洛:

   (MC reading: 洛 (MC lak))

9. 嗠:

   (MC reading: 嗠)

10. 犖:

    (MC reading: 犖 (MC laewk))

11. 雒: type of owl

    (eumhun reading: 수리부엉이 락 (suribueong'i rak))
    (MC reading: 雒 (MC lak))

12. 格: to become blocked or closed

    (eumhun reading: 막힐 락 (makhil rak))
    (MC reading: 格 (MC kak|kaek))

Alternative forms

• 낙 (nak) (South Korea)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the hanja above are read as 낙 (nak) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading 락 (rak) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]