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kwukyel

/ˈkuɡjʌl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kwukyel
IPA
/ˈkuɡjʌl/
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from kwūkyel, the Yale romanization of Korean 구결(口訣) (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (MC khuwX kwet, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 (kǒu, “mouth”) + 訣 /诀 (jué, “rhymed saying”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 구결(口訣), -

Usage

Inflected Forms

gugyeol (alternative) kugyŏl (alternative) kugyol (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hyangchal itwu

Questions

How do you pronounce kwukyel?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkuɡjʌl/.
What does kwukyel mean?
Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.
Where does kwukyel come from?
It is traced to Korean.

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