ISO/TR 11941

Korean writing systems
Hangul
Hanja
Mixed script
Korean transliteration

ISO/TR 11941:1996 is a Korean romanization system used in ISO. It is not commonly used; it is only used in Unicode character names.

It is very similar to Yale Romanization.

Contents

Transcription rules

Consonants

ㄱ ㄲ ㄳ ㅋ ㄺ
k/g kk/gg ks/gs kh/k lk/lg
ㄷ ㄸ ㅌ ㄾ
t/d tt/dd th/t lth/lt
ㅂ ㅃ ㅄ ㅍ ㄼ ㄿ
p/b pp/bb ps/bs ph/p lp/lb lph/lp
ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㄵ
c/j cc/jj ch/c nc/nj
ㅅ ㅆ ㄽ
s ss ls
ㅁ ㄻ
m lm
ㅇ ㅎ ㅀ ㄶ
–, ng h lh nh
ㄹ ㄴ
r/l n

Vowels

ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅘ ㅙ
a ae ya yae wa wae
ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅝ ㅞ
eo e yeo ye weo we
ㅗ ㅚ ㅛ
o oe yo
ㅜ ㅠ
u yu
ㅡ
eu
ㅣ ㅢ ㅟ
i yi wi

Usage

This system is used in Unicode character names. For example, the character ᄎ (U+110E) is named "HANGUL CHOSEONG CHIEUCH" (한글 초성 치읓); ㅊ is romanized as "ch." However, the character 차 (U+CC28) is named "HANGUL SYLLABLE CA"; ㅊ is romanized as "c."