해면

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 海綿 (sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton))

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)mjʌ̹n] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)mjʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haemyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haemyeon
McCune–Reischauer?haemyŏn
Yale Romanization?hāymyen

Noun

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해면 (haemyeon) (hanja 海綿)

  1. sponge (marine invertebrate with a porous skeleton)