함수
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 函數 (“function”), itself first used in print in 1859 in Li Shanlan's Chinese translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)ms͈u]
- Phonetic hangul: [함(ː)쑤]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | hamsu |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hamsu |
| McCune–Reischauer? | hamssu |
| Yale Romanization? | hāmqswu |
Noun
함수 • (hamsu)
- function (mathematics: one-to-one relation)