연옥

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 煉獄, from 煉 (“to refine”) + 獄 (“prison”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeonok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeon'og
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏnok
Yale Romanization?	yēn.ok

Noun

연옥 • (yeonok) (hanja 煉獄)

1. (theology) purgatory