북한

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 北韓, from 北 (“North”) + 韓 (“Korea”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pukʰa̠n]

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• Phonetic hangul: [부칸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Bukhan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Bughan
McCune–Reischauer?	Pukhan
Yale Romanization?	puk.han

Proper noun

북한 • (Bukhan) (hanja 北韓)

1. (South Korea) North Korea (a country in East Asia)

See also

• 북괴 (Bukgoe) (South Korea, derogatory)
• 남한 (Namhan)