가정

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 家庭, from 家 (“house”) + 庭 (“household”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ka̠d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[가정]
Revised Romanization? gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gajeong
McCune–Reischauer? kajŏng
Yale Romanization? kaceng

Noun

가정 • (gajeong) (hanja 家庭)

  1. a household, a family

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 假定, from 假 (“lie”) + 定 (“specification”), from Japanese 仮定 (katei)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈka̠ːd͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[가:정]
Revised Romanization? gajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gajeong
McCune–Reischauer? kajŏng
Yale Romanization? kāceng

Noun

가정 • (gajeong) (hanja 假定)

  1. a supposition or presupposition
  2. a hypothesis
  • 가정하다 (gajeonghada, “hypothesize”)
See also
  • 가설 (gaseol, “hypothesis”)
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