학살

Korean

Derived verbs

Active	학살하다
Passive	학살되다

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 虐殺, from 虐 (“brutal”) + 殺 (“to kill”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠ks͈a̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [학쌀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	haksal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hagsal
McCune–Reischauer?	haksal
Yale Romanization?	hak.sal

Noun

학살 • (haksal) (hanja 虐殺)

1. massacre; slaughter

Derived terms

• 집단학살 (集團虐殺, jipdanhaksal, “mass slaughter”)

Related terms

• 도살 (屠殺, dosal, “butchery”)