Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hwabyeong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hwabyeong
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger, with symptoms such as palpitations and insomnia.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Korean 화병(火病) (hwabyeong).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 화병(火病)

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does hwabyeong mean?
A Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger, with symptoms such as palpitations and insomnia.
Where does hwabyeong come from?
It is traced to Korean.

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