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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

itwu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
itwu
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 이두(吏讀) (idu), in the Yale romanization.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 이두(吏讀)

Usage

Inflected Forms

idu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hyangchal kwukyel

Questions

What does itwu mean?
A method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.
Where does itwu come from?
It is traced to Korean.

How to pronounce itwu

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