행운

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 幸運, from 幸 (“luck, favor, fortune”) + 運 (“fate, fortune, luck”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ŋun] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ŋun]
  • Phonetic hangul: [행(ː)운/헹(ː)운]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haeng'un
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haeng'un
McCune–Reischauer?haengun
Yale Romanization?hāyngwun

Noun

행운 • (haeng'un) (hanja 幸運)

  1. good luck
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