개화

Korean

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛβwa̠] ~ [ke̞βwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개화/게화]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaehwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaehwa
McCune–Reischauer?kaehwa
Yale Romanization?kayhwa

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 開化, from 開 (“open, begin, operate”) + 化 (“become, make, turn into”). See also Japanese 開化(かいか) (kaika).

Noun

개화 • (gaehwa) (hanja 開化)

  1. enlightenment, civilization
    개화된 국민 ― gaehwadoen gungmin ― a civilized people
Derived terms
  • 문명개화(文明開化) (munmyeonggaehwa, “civilization and enlightenment”)
  • 개화(開化)하다 (gaehwahada, “to enlighten, civilize”)
  • 개화(開化)되다 (gaehwadoeda, “to be enlightened, civilized”)
  • 개화인(開化人) (gaehwain, “a civilized person”)
  • 개화운동(開化運動) (gaehwaundong, “enlightenment movement”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 開花, from 開 (“open, begin, operate”) + 花 (“flower, blossom, bloom”). See also Japanese 開化(かいか) (kaika).

Noun

개화 • (gaehwa) (hanja 開花)

  1. flowering, blooming, blossoming, flourishing, efflorescence
    개화를 저속 촬영한 시퀀스 ― gaehwa-reul jeosok chwaryeonghan sikwonseu ― a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
Derived terms
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