Etymology

itwu

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Today it means: A method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items. Full definition →

Korean 이두(吏讀)
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  1. Korean · borrowed from이두(吏讀)
  2. English todayitwu

Borrowed from Korean 이두(吏讀) (idu), in the Yale romanization.

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