kwukyel

English
Examples

丷, 乊, 丆, 厼, 壭, 卪, 朩, 亪, 亽, 罖, 仒

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Yale romanization of Korean 구결 (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (kʰúw-kwet, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 ("mouth") + 訣 ("rhymed saying").

Noun

kwukyel (uncountable)

  1. One of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script.
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