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Tutorial on How to Use

“The Korean Romanization and Word Division (Basic Guide)”

Hana Kim

Korea Studies Librarian

hn.kim@utoronto.ca

Created in March 2012

Korean StudiesCheng Yu Tung East Asian Library

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Basic Korean Romanization

� “The Korean Romanization and Word Division Guide

(Basic Guide)” has tables illustrating romanization

methods.

� This tutorial will help you to understand how to romanize

Korean words in a step-by-step fashion.

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- initial element ㄱ

ㄱ

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- initial letter ㄱ- vowel ㅏ

가

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅏㅏㅏㅏ- final element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ

감

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k

k

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a

ka

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m

kam

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Example 1: 감감감감

� Thus, the word 감감감감 is romanized as kam .

감 kam

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)

- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ

ㅁ

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)

- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ

미

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)

- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㄴㄴㄴㄴ, , , , ㅈㅈㅈㅈ

민 ㅈ

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)

- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㄴㄴㄴㄴ, , , , ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ

민주

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� When a Korean word consists of two syllables combined: eg. 민중민중민중민중 (民衆民衆民衆民衆)

- initial element ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㄴㄴㄴㄴ, , , , ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ- final element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ

� Thus, 민중민중민중민중.

민중

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m

m

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i

mi

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i- ㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈ with nj

minj

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i- ㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈ with nj- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u

minju

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with m- ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with i- ㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈㄴㅈ with nj- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with ng

minjung

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Example 2: 민중민중민중민중

� Thus, the word 민중민중민중민중 is romanized as minjung .

민중 minjung

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Medial Elements

� Medial elements are the two elements that occur when the final element from the first syllable is followed by the initial element of the second syllable.

� In the previous example of 민중민중민중민중, ㄴㄴㄴㄴ is followed by ㅈㅈㅈㅈ. Therefore, the medial elements are ㄴㄴㄴㄴ and ㅈㅈㅈㅈ.

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How to Read Medial Elements in the Consonant Table

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ

ㄱ

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ

거

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ

거ㅈ

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ

거지

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㅅㅅㅅㅅ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ

거짓ㅁ

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㅅㅅㅅㅅ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅏㅏㅏㅏ

거짓마

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� A Korean word consists of three single syllables combined: eg. 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

- initial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ- medial element ㅈㅈㅈㅈ- vowel ㅣㅣㅣㅣ- medial elements ㅅㅅㅅㅅ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ- vowel ㅏㅏㅏㅏ- final element ㄹㄹㄹㄹ

거짓말

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k

k

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ

kŏŏŏŏ

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j

kŏj

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I

kŏji

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with nm

kŏjinm

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with nm- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a

kŏjinma

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with k- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ- ㅈㅈㅈㅈ with j - ㅣㅣㅣㅣ with I- ㄴㄴㄴㄴ ㅁㅁㅁㅁ with nm- ㅏㅏㅏㅏ with a- ㄹㄹㄹㄹ with l

kŏjinmal

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Example 3: 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말

� Thus, the word 거짓말거짓말거짓말거짓말 is romanized as kŏŏŏŏjinmal .

거짓말 kŏjinmal

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어

- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ

ㅇ

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어

- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ

외

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어

- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ

외 ㄱ

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어

- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ

외구

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어

- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ- medial elements ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ

외국ㅇ

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� A Korean word consists of three syllables including syllables beginning with vowels: eg. 외국어외국어외국어외국어

- initial element ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅚㅚㅚㅚ- medial element ㄱㄱㄱㄱ- vowel ㅜㅜㅜㅜ- medial elements ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ- vowel ㅓㅓㅓㅓ

외국어

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe

oe

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g

oeg

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u

oegu

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with g nothing

oegug

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� Using the McCune-Reischauer Romanization Tables (Consonants and Vowels), romanizeaccordingly

- ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with nothing- ㅚㅚㅚㅚ with oe- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ with g- ㅜㅜㅜㅜ with u- ㄱㄱㄱㄱ ㅇㅇㅇㅇ with g nothing- ㅓㅓㅓㅓ with ŏŏŏŏ

oegugŏŏŏŏ

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Example 4: 외국어외국어외국어외국어

� Thus, the word 외국어외국어외국어외국어 is romanized as oegug ŏŏŏŏ.

oegugŏŏŏŏ외국어

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Practice Exercises (1)

� 문학문학문학문학

� 현대화현대화현대화현대화

� 바가지바가지바가지바가지

� 정리정리정리정리

� 국민국민국민국민

� Answers shown on the next slide.

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Practice Exercises (1) - Answers

� 문학문학문학문학

� 현대화현대화현대화현대화

� 바가지바가지바가지바가지

� 정리정리정리정리

� 국민국민국민국민

� munhak� hyŏŏŏŏndaehwa� pagaji� chŏŏŏŏngni� kungmin

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Practice Exercises (2)

� 신라신라신라신라

� 철학철학철학철학

� 잇몸잇몸잇몸잇몸

� 쉼표쉼표쉼표쉼표

� 깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기

� Answers shown on the next slide.

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Practice Exercises (2) - Answers

� 신라신라신라신라

� 철학철학철학철학

� 잇몸잇몸잇몸잇몸

� 쉼표쉼표쉼표쉼표

� 깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기깍뚜기

� Silla� ch’ŏŏŏŏrhak� inmom� shwimp’yo� kkakttugi

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Practice Exercises (3)

� 입문론입문론입문론입문론

� 언어언어언어언어

� 도교도교도교도교

� 총론총론총론총론

� 도움말도움말도움말도움말

� Answers shown on the next slide.

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Practice Exercises (3) - Answers

� 입문론입문론입문론입문론

� 언어언어언어언어

� 도교도교도교도교

� 총론총론총론총론

� 도움말도움말도움말도움말

� immunnon� ŏŏŏŏnŏŏŏŏ� Togyo� ch’ongnon� toummal

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Practice Exercises (4)

� 탁류탁류탁류탁류

� 평준화평준화평준화평준화

� 난중일기난중일기난중일기난중일기

� 약물약물약물약물

� 그늘그늘그늘그늘

� Answers shown on the next slide.

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Practice Exercises (4) - Answers

� 탁류탁류탁류탁류

� 평준화평준화평준화평준화

� 난중일기난중일기난중일기난중일기

� 약물약물약물약물

� 그늘그늘그늘그늘

� t’angnyu� p’yŏŏŏŏngjunhwa� Nanjung ilgi� yangmul� kŭŭŭŭnŭŭŭŭl