숭어

Korean

Etymology

First recorded in the Hunmong Jahoe, 1527, as "슈어." From 秀魚. Includes the hanja suffix 어(魚) (-eo, “fish”). Note that 魚 had the consonant /ŋ/ as an initial, and 숭어 is rather 수 (秀) + ㅇ어 (魚).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sung'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sung'eo
McCune–Reischauer?	sungŏ
Yale Romanization?	swūnge

Noun

숭어 • (sung'eo)

1. The striped mullet, Mugil cephalus.

Synonyms

• 은숭어 (eunsung'eo)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “숭어”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “숭어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 294