숭어

Korean

Etymology

First recorded in the Hunmong Jahoe, 1527, as "슈어." From 秀魚. Includes the hanja suffix 어(魚) (-eo, “fish”). Note that 魚 had the consonant /ŋ/ as an initial, and 숭어 is rather 수 (秀) + ㅇ어 (魚).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰu(ː)ŋʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [숭(ː)어]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	sung'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	sung'eo
McCune–Reischauer^?	sungŏ
Yale Romanization^?	swūnge

Noun

숭어 • (sung'eo)

The striped mullet, Mugil cephalus.

Synonyms

은숭어 (eunsung'eo)

References

National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “숭어 [sung'eo]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “숭어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 294