홍학

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 紅鶴, from 紅 (“red”) + 鶴 (“crane”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞ŋɦa̠k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [홍학]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	honghak
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	honghag
McCune–Reischauer^?	honghak
Yale Romanization^?	honghak

Noun

홍학 • (honghak) (hanja 紅鶴)

(literally) red crane
flamingo

Related terms

학 (鶴, hak): crane
백학 (白鶴, baekhak): crane, literally, "white crane"

See also

두루미 (durumi): crane
황새 (hwangsae): stork

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