Revised Romanization of Korean
E623027
The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official South Korean system for transcribing Korean sounds into the Latin alphabet, widely used in signage, maps, and academic contexts.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | 2 |
| Revised Romanization of Korean in South Korea | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Korean language romanization system
ⓘ
romanization system ⓘ |
| adoptionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
personal names
ⓘ
place names ⓘ proper nouns ⓘ standard Korean ⓘ |
| countryOfUse | South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designPrinciple |
avoidance of special characters
ⓘ
compatibility with common keyboard layouts ⓘ phonemic representation with some morphophonemic considerations ⓘ |
| effectiveFrom | July 7, 2000 ⓘ |
| exampleRomanization |
김치 → gimchi
ⓘ
부산 → Busan NERFINISHED ⓘ 서울 → Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ 한글 → Hangeul ⓘ |
| goal |
to improve international readability
ⓘ
to represent Korean sounds without diacritics ⓘ to standardize romanization in South Korea ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Institute of Korean Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
UN romanization of Korean place names (South Korean forms)
ⓘ
international atlases for South Korean toponyms ⓘ |
| language | Korean ⓘ |
| nativeName | 국어의 로마자 표기법 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | ko ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official romanization system of South Korea ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
academic publications
ⓘ
maps ⓘ passports ⓘ public documents ⓘ road signage ⓘ textbooks ⓘ tourist information ⓘ |
| region | Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
capitalization in romanized Korean
ⓘ
hyphenation in romanized Korean ⓘ romanization of Korean consonants ⓘ romanization of Korean vowels ⓘ romanization of syllable-final consonants ⓘ spacing in romanized Korean ⓘ |
| replaces | McCune–Reischauer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptSource | Hangul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptTarget | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| shortName | Revised Romanization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesApostrophes | no ⓘ |
| usesBreves | no ⓘ |
| usesCapitalizationRules | yes ⓘ |
| usesDiacritics | no ⓘ |
| usesHyphens | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Buk-gu, Ulsan
this entity surface form:
Revised Romanization of Korean in South Korea
this entity surface form:
Revised Romanization
this entity surface form:
Revised Romanization