리혼

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 離婚 (“to divorce”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɾi(ː)βo̞n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [리(ː)혼]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?rihon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lihon
McCune–Reischauer?rihon
Yale Romanization?līhon

Noun

리혼 • (rihon) (hanja 離婚)

  1. (North Korea) divorce
    Hyponym: (South Korea) 이혼 (ihon)
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