얼음꽃

Korean

Etymology

얼음 (eoreum, “ice”) +‎ 꽃 (kkot, “flower”)

얼음꽃 (eoreumkkot)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹ɾɯmk͈o̞t̚]
Phonetic hangul: [어름꼳]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	eoreumkkot
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	eol'eumkkoch
McCune–Reischauer^?	ŏrŭmkkot
Yale Romanization^?	el.umkkoch

Noun

얼음꽃 • (eoreumkkot)

(poetic) frost patterns
Synonym: 성에 (seong'e)

창문 에 따스한 숨 을 내쉬고 얼음꽃이 녹는 것 을 지켜보았다.
changmun-e ttaseuhan sum-eul naeswigo eoreumkkoch-i nongneun geos-eul jikyeoboatda.
I exhaled a warm breath onto the window, and watched how the ice-flowers melted.

See also

불꽃 (bulkkot, “flame, spark”)

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