모자

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 帽子, from 帽 (“hat, cap”) + 子 (“noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞d͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [모자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	moja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	moja
McCune–Reischauer?	moja
Yale Romanization?	moca

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 모자의 / 모자에 / 모자까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

모자 • (moja) (hanja 帽子)

1. hat, cap

   모자를 쓰다

   moja-reul sseuda

   to put on a hat

   모자는 패션을 위해 사람들이 많이 착용한다.

   Moja-neun paesyeon-eul wihae saram-deur-i mani chagyonghanda.

   Caps are worn by many people for fashion.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 母子, from 母 (“mother”) + 子 (“son”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	moja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	moja
McCune–Reischauer?	moja
Yale Romanization?	mōca

Noun

모자 • (moja) (hanja 母子)

1. mother and son

Derived terms

• 모자간(母子間) (mojagan)

See also

• 모녀(母女) (monyeo)
• 부녀(父女) (bunyeo)
• 부자(父子) (buja)