kwukyel

kwukyel

English

Examples
丷, 乊, 丆, 厼, 壭, 卪, 朩, 亪, 亽, 罖, 仒

Alternative forms

• (from Revised Romanization) gugyeol
• (from McCune-Reischauer) kugyŏl

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 구결(口訣) (gugyeol), from Middle Chinese 口訣 (MC kʰəu^X kwet̚, “mnemonic rhyme”), from 口 (“mouth”) +‎ 訣 (“rhymed saying”).

The spelling comes from the Yale romanization of kwūkyel.

Noun

kwukyel (uncountable)

1. Abbreviated Chinese characters used to represent Korean grammatical items, inserted into a Chinese-character (Classical Chinese or itwu) text.

   Coordinate terms: hyangchal, itwu, kwukyel

Further reading

• Gugyeol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia