학자

학자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 學者, from 學 (“learning”) + 者 (“person”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[ha̠k̚t͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic Hangul[학짜]

Revised Romanization? hakja Revised Romanization (translit.)? hagja McCune–Reischauer? hakcha Yale Romanization? hakqca

Noun

학자 • (hakja) (hanja 學者)

1. A scholar; a person of learning, especially in a particular field.

Derived terms

• 학자적 (學者的, hakjajeok, “worthy of a scholar”)