시각

시각

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 視角, from 視 (“seeing”) + 角 (“angle”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)ɡa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)각]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sigak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sigag
McCune–Reischauer?	sigak
Yale Romanization?	sīkak

Noun

시각 • (sigak) (hanja 視角)

1. viewpoint
2. (physics) angle of vision

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 時刻, from 時 (“time”) + 刻 (“mark”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰiɡa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [시각]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sigak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sigag
McCune–Reischauer?	sigak
Yale Romanization?	sikak

Noun

시각 • (sigak) (hanja 時刻)

1. time; a specific point in time
2. a moment; a brief time

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 視覺.

Noun

시각 • (sigak) (hanja 視覺)

1. vision (one's visual sense)

Related terms

• (senses) 오감 (五感, ogam); 후각 (嗅覺, hugak, “smell”), 시각 (視覺, sigak, “vision”), 청각 (聽覺, cheonggak, “hearing”), 촉각 (觸覺, chokgak, “touch”), 미각 (味覺, migak, “taste”) ^{(Category: ko:Senses)}