활자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 活字.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸwa̠ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [활짜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hwalja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hwalja
McCune–Reischauer?	hwalcha
Yale Romanization?	hwalqca

Noun

활자 • (hwalja) (hanja 活字)

1. movable type
   • 2021 June 29, 노형석 [nohyeongseok], “피맛골 땅 속에서 ‘훈민정음’ 금속활자들이 쏟아져 나왔다 [pimatgol ttang sogeseo ‘hunminjeong'eum’ geumsokhwaljadeuri ssodajeo nawatda]”, in 한겨레 [han'gyeore, Hankyoreh]‎^[1]:

     항아리 옆구리 구멍으로 삐져나온 조약돌 모양의 유물 몇개를 세척해보니 금속활자로 드러난 것이다.

     Hang'ari yeopguri gumeong'euro ppijeonaon joyakdol moyang'ui yumul myeotgaereul secheokhaeboni geumsokhwaljaro deureonan geosida.

     Upon washing a number of the pebble-like artifacts that came out of the side of the crock, pieces of metal type appeared.

2. printed text