소자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 小字.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)d͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)자]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	soja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	soja
McCune–Reischauer?	soja
Yale Romanization?	sōca

Noun

소자 • (soja) (hanja 小字)

1. (typography) small text

   Coordinate terms: 소자(小字) (soja), 중자(中字) (jungja), 대자(大字) (daeja)

Derived terms

• 거란 소자(契丹小字) (georan soja)