kwukyel

Meaning

Noun

One of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern Hangeul script.

Origin

Borrowed from Korean 구결(口訣), from Middle Chinese , from 口 + 訣.
The spelling comes from the Yale romanization of kwūkyel.

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