족주

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 族誅.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕo̞(ː)k̚t͡ɕ͈u]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jokju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jogju
McCune–Reischauer?chokchu
Yale Romanization?cōkcwu

Noun

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족주 (jokju) (hanja 族誅)

  1. (historical) to execute all of somebody's relatives (as a punishment)