문화

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 文化 (culture), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 文化 (bunka).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [munβwa̠]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?munhwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?munhwa
McCune–Reischauer?munhwa
Yale Romanization?mun.hwa

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 문에 / 문화

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

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문화 (munhwa) (hanja 文化)

  1. culture
  2. civilization
    Synonym: 문명(文明) (munmyeong)

Derived terms

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