운검

Korean

Alternative forms

• 별운검 (別雲劍, byeorun'geom)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 雲 (“"high" by status”) + 劍 (“sword”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [unɡʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [운검]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	un'geom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ungeom
McCune–Reischauer?	un'gŏm
Yale Romanization?	wunkem

Noun

운검 • (un'geom) (hanja 雲劍)

1. (history, weaponry) highly-decorated single-bladed curved sword used by the member of the royal guards during the Joseon dynasty

See also

• 창포검 (菖蒲劒, changpogeom)
• 환도 (環刀, hwando)