Etymology

choseong

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Today it means: (in Korean or the hangul script) a consonant, consonant cluster, or silence in the syllable onset Full definition →

Korean 초성
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from초성“initial sound”
  2. English todaychoseong

Borrowed from Korean 초성 (choseong, “initial sound”).

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