범자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 梵字, from 梵 (“Brahmanic, Indian”) + 字 (“letter”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	beomja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	beomja
McCune–Reischauer?	pŏmcha
Yale Romanization?	pēmqca

Noun

범자 • (beomja) (hanja 梵字)

1. (Buddhism) Siddham character; Sanskrit character