함수
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 函數 (“function”), with compound/genitive tensing applied, itself first used in print in 1859 in Li Shanlan's Chinese translation of Elias Loomis's Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)ms͈u]
- Phonetic hangul: [함(ː)쑤]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | hamsu |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hamsu |
| McCune–Reischauer? | hamssu |
| Yale Romanization? | hāmqswu |