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만화경

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Korean

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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萬華鏡(ばんかきょ) (bankakyo).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)nβwa̠ɡjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?manhwagyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?manhwagyeong
McCune–Reischauer?manhwagyŏng
Yale Romanization?mān.hwakyeng

Noun

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만화경 (manhwagyeong) (hanja 萬華鏡)

  1. a kaleidoscope (tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs)