허수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 虛數, from 虛 (“empty”) + 數 (“number”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hʌ̹sʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [허수]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	heosu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	heosu
McCune–Reischauer?	hŏsu
Yale Romanization?	heswu

Noun

허수 • (heosu) (hanja 虛數)

1. (mathematics) imaginary number (number of the form ai)

Synonyms

• 허 (虛, heo)