"글자" meaning in Korean

See 글자 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɯʎt͡ɕ͈a̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: geulja [romanization], 㐎字 [hanja]
Etymology: 글 (geul, “writing, writing system”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) + 자(字) (ja, “character”). Etymology templates: {{af|ko|글|-ㅅ-|자(字)|pos2=genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant|t1=writing, writing system|t3=character}} 글 (geul, “writing, writing system”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) + 자(字) (ja, “character”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=㐎字}} 글자 • (geulja) (hanja 㐎字)
  1. letter, character (of a writing system)

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      "expansion": "글 (geul, “writing, writing system”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) + 자(字) (ja, “character”)",
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  "etymology_text": "글 (geul, “writing, writing system”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) + 자(字) (ja, “character”).",
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        {
          "ref": "2015 December 30, ““크게 쉬고 먹었다”…울진 성류굴은 신라인들의 휴양지 [“keuge swigo meogeotda”…uljin seongnyugureun sillaindeurui hyuyangji]”, in hani.co.kr, The Hankyoreh",
          "text": "확대된 글자들 사진에 '大(대)' '息(식)' '食(식)' 세 글자의 윤곽이 뚜렷이 보인다.\nHwakdae-doen geuljja-deul sajin-e 'dae' 'sik' 'sik' se geuljja-ui yungwag-i tturyeosi boinda.\nThe outline of the three characters 大, 息, and 食 are clearly visible in the zoomed-in photograph of the characters.",
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      "other": "[글짜]"
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      "other": "[글짜]"
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