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Korean">Transliteration</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Korean" title="Yale romanization of Korean">Yale (scholar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO/TR_11941" title="ISO/TR 11941">ISO/TR 11941</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Korean_writing" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Korean writing"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Romanization of Korean</b> is the official <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Korean" title="Romanization of Korean">Korean-language romanization</a> system in <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>. Announced by the <i>Sahoe Kwahagwŏn</i>, it is an adaptation of the older <a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a> system,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which it replaced in 1992,<sup id="cite_ref-1992version_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1992version-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UNGEGN2004_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNGEGN2004-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was updated in 2002<sup id="cite_ref-UNGEGN2004_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNGEGN2004-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2002version_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2002version-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transcription_rules">Transcription rules</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanization_of_Korean_(North_Korean_system)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Transcription rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="700" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Vowels<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 3">: 3 </span></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a> </th> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅏ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅑ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅓ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅕ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅗ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅛ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅜ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅠ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅡ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅣ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅐ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅒ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅔ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅖ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅚ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅟ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅢ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅘ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅝ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅙ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅞ</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Romanization </th> <td><i>a</i></td> <td><i>ya</i></td> <td><i>ŏ</i></td> <td><i>yŏ</i></td> <td><i>o</i></td> <td><i>yo</i></td> <td><i>u</i></td> <td><i>yu</i></td> <td><i>ŭ</i></td> <td><i>i</i></td> <td><i>ae</i></td> <td><i>yae</i></td> <td><i>e</i></td> <td><i>ye</i></td> <td><i>oi</i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><i>wi</i></td> <td><i>ŭi</i></td> <td><i>wa</i></td> <td><i>wŏ</i></td> <td><i>wae</i></td> <td><i>we</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" width="700" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Consonants<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 3–4">: 3–4 </span></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Hangul </th> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄱ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄴ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄷ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄹ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅁ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅂ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅅ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅈ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅊ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅋ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅌ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅍ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅎ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄲ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄸ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅃ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅆ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅉ</span></span></td> <td><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅇ</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Romanization</th> <th>Initial </th> <td rowspan="2"><i>k</i></td> <td rowspan="2"><i>n</i></td> <td rowspan="2"><i>t</i></td> <td><i>r</i></td> <td rowspan="2"><i>m</i></td> <td rowspan="2"><i>p</i></td> <td><i>s</i></td> <td><i>j</i></td> <td><i>ch</i></td> <td><i>kh</i></td> <td><i>th</i></td> <td><i>ph</i></td> <td><i>h</i></td> <td><i>kk</i></td> <td><i>tt</i></td> <td><i>pp</i></td> <td><i>ss</i></td> <td><i>jj</i></td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th>Final </th> <td><i>l</i></td> <td><i>t</i></td> <td><i>t</i></td> <td><i>t</i></td> <td><i>k</i></td> <td><i>t</i></td> <td><i>p</i></td> <td><i>t</i></td> <td><i>k</i></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td><i>t</i></td> <td>–</td> <td><i>ng</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>In double consonants in the end of a word or before a consonant, only one of them is written:<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 5">: 5 </span></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">닭섬</span></span> → <i>Ta<b>k</b>sŏm</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">물곬</span></span> → <i>Mulko<b>l</b></i></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>However, in the case before a vowel, both consonants are written:<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 5">: 5 </span></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">붉은바위</span></span> → <i>Pu<b>lg</b>ŭnbawi</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">앉은바위</span></span> → <i>A<b>nj</b>ŭnbawi</i></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>The soft voiceless consonants between vowels <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄱ</span></span>, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄷ</span></span>, and <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㅂ</span></span> and those between resonant sounds and vowels are transcribed as <i>g</i>, <i>d</i>, and <i>b</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 4">: 4 </span></sup></li> <li>Final consonants may undergo assimilation before resonants.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 5–6">: 5–6 </span></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">백마산</span></span> → <i>Pae<b>ng</b>masan</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">꽃마을</span></span> → <i>KKo<b>n</b>maŭl</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">압록강</span></span> → <i>A<b>m</b>rokgang</i></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>When lax consonants become tense in compound words, they are transcribed as tense consonants if they are preceded by a vowel. Also, if the next element begins with a resonant, then <i>n</i> is added before it.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 6">: 6 </span></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">기대산</span></span> → <i>Ki<b>tt</b>aesan</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">새별읍</span></span> → <i>Sae<b>pp</b>yŏl-ŭp</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">뒤문</span></span> → <i>Twi<b>n</b>mun</i></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>The consonant clusters <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄴㄹ</span></span> and <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄴㄴ</span></span> are only transcribed as <i>ll</i> if they correspond with longstanding usage; <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">ㄹㄹ</span></span> does not have a special transcription.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 6, 8">: 6, 8 </span></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">천리마</span></span> → <i>Chŏ<b>ll</b>ima</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">한나산</span></span> → <i>Ha<b>ll</b>asan</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">찔레골</span></span> → <i>JJi<b>lr</b>egol</i></li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Double consonants may be capitalized as a single unit: <i>kk</i> → <i>KK</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 5–6">: 5–6 </span></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guide">Guide</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanization_of_Korean_(North_Korean_system)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Guide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A personal name is written by family name first, followed by a space and the given name with the first letter capitalized. Also, each letter of a name of Chinese character origin is written separately. The given name's first initial is transcribed in a voiceless letter, even when it becomes resonant in pronunciation.<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 7–8">: 7–8 </span></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">김꽃분이</span></span> → <i>Kim KKotpuni</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">박동구</span></span> → <i>Pak Tong Gu</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">안복철</span></span> → <i>An <b>P</b>ok Chŏl</i></li></ul> <p>However, it is not really possible to follow this rule<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag contains original research. (August 2024)">original research</span></a></i>]</sup> because a certain name written in hangul can be a native Korean name, or a Sino-Korean name, or even both. For example, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/Bo-ram_(name)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bo-ram (name)">보람</a></span></span> can not only be a native Korean name,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but can also be a Sino-Korean name (e.g. 寶濫).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases, parents intend a dual meaning: both the meaning from a native Korean word and the meaning from <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">hanja</a>. </p><p>A name for administrative units is hyphenated from the placename proper:<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 7">: 7 </span></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">도</span></span> → <i>-do</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">시</span></span> → <i>-si</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">군</span></span> → <i>-gun</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">면</span></span> → <i>-myŏn</i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">리</span></span> → <i>-ri</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">동</span></span> → <i>-dong</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">구</span></span> → <i>-gu</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">구역</span></span> → <i>-guyŏk</i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>However, a name for geographic features and artificial structures is not hyphenated:<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 7">: 7 </span></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">산</span></span> → <i>san</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">거리</span></span> → <i>gŏri</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">고개</span></span> → <i>gogae</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">대</span></span> → <i>dae</i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">봉</span></span> → <i>bong</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">교</span></span> → <i>gyo</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">골</span></span> → <i>gol</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">각</span></span> → <i>gak</i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">벌</span></span> → <i>bŏl</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">관</span></span> → <i>gwan</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">곶</span></span> → <i>got</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">강</span></span> → <i>gang</i></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Sound changes are not transcribed in the suffixes above:<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 4–5">: 4–5 </span></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">삿갓봉</span></span> → <i>Satkat<b>b</b>ong</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">압록강</span></span> → <i>Amrok<b>g</b>ang</i></li></ul> <p>Transcription of geographical names may be simplified by removing breves and by reducing initial double consonants to single consonants:<sup id="cite_ref-2012version_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012version-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 8">: 8 </span></sup> </p> <ul><li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">서포</span></span> → <i>Sŏpho</i> → <i>S<b>o</b>pho</i></li> <li><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">찔레골</span></span> → <i>JJilregol</i> → <i><b>J</b>ilregol</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Romanization_of_Korean_(North_Korean_system)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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