정책

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 政策 (“policy”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 政策(せいさく) (seisaku)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)책/정(ː)첵]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeongchaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongchaeg
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngch'aek
Yale Romanization?	cēngchayk

Noun

정책 • (jeongchaek) (hanja 政策)

1. policy