문화

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 文化 (“culture”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 文化 (“culture”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 文化 (mɨun hˠua^H, “the way of educating by using morality, literature and music”)

Pronunciation

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [munβwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [문화]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	munhwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	munhwa
McCune–Reischauer?	munhwa
Yale Romanization?	mun.hwa

Noun

문화 • (munhwa) (hanja 文化)

1. culture, civilization

Synonyms

• 문명 (munmyeong)

Derived terms

• 다문화 (damunhwa)
• 문화어 (munhwa'eo, “North Korean standard dialect”)
• 문화주택 (munhwajutaek, “apartment”) (chiefly North Korea)