범자

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 梵字, from (Brahmanic, Indian) + (letter).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpɘ(ː)mt͡ɕ͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beomja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beomja
McCune–Reischauer?pŏmcha
Yale Romanization?pēmqca

Noun

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범자 (beomja) (hanja 梵字)

  1. (Buddhism) Siddham character; Sanskrit character