이화우

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 梨花 (“pear blossom”) + 雨 (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iβwa̠u]
• Phonetic hangul: [이화우]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ihwau
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ihwau
McCune–Reischauer?	ihwau
Yale Romanization?	ihwawu

Noun

이화우 • (ihwau) (hanja 梨花雨)

1. (poetic) a shower of pear blossoms, scattered by the wind
   • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:

     梨(이)花(화)雨(우)홋ᄲᅮ릴제울며잡고離(이)別(별)ᄒᆞᆫ님 / 秋(추)風(풍)落(낙)葉(엽)에져도날生(생)覺(각)ᄂᆞᆫ가

     Ihwau hotppuril je ulmyeo japgo ibyeol-han nim / Chupung nagyeobe jyeodo nal saenggak-neunga

     In the pear-petal rain, weeping, clutching, my love whom I bid farewell / By the leaves that fall to this autumn wind, does he remember me too?