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U+B77D, 락
HANGUL SYLLABLE RAG
Composition: + +

[U+B77C]
Hangul Syllables
[U+B77E]




띠 ←→ 래

Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?rak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lag
McCune–Reischauer?rak
Yale Romanization?lak

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English rock.

Noun

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(rak)

  1. Alternative spelling of (rok, (music) rock)
Usage notes
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Though the standard notation for English loanwords is set to Received Pronunciation, most speakers in South Korea tend to transliterate the pronunciation into American accents. In this case, "록" is the only recognised spelling used by the Standard Korean Language Dictionary.

Etymology 2

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(rak)

Usage notes
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In South Korea, the hanja above are read as (nak) when used as a single word or as the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. However, the reading (rak) is retained when the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound. This is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

Alternative forms
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  • (nak) (South Korea)

References

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