감옥

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 監獄, from 監 (“to see, to oversee”) + 獄 (“prison”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠mo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [가목]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gamok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gam'og
McCune–Reischauer?	kamok
Yale Romanization?	kam.ok

Noun

감옥 • (gamok) (hanja 監獄)

1. jail, prison

Synonyms

• 감방 (gambang)