ISO/TR 11941

ISO/TR 11941:1996 (Information and documentation — Transliteration of Korean script into Latin characters) is a Korean romanization system used in International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is not commonly used, but is used in character names in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646.

The standard was withdrawn in December 2013.

Transliteration rules

Consonants Hangul Latin Method I (North Korea) Method II (South Korea) k g kh k kk gg t d th t tt dd p b ph p pp bb c j ch c cc jj s ss h '/ngTemplate:Efn n r/lTemplate:Efn m

Vowels Hangul Latin a eo o u eu i ae e oe ya yeo yo yu yae ye wa weo wi wae we yi

Apostrophe

An apostrophe is used for resolving ambiguity. It is used in the following cases.

• Both Method I and Method II:
  • When appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. anc'ara/anj'ara)
  • When , , , , or appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. a'kka/a'gga)
• Method I only:
  • When , , , or appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. ae'thata)

In fact, the above rules are always applied; they are applied even when there is no ambiguity (e.g. a'i, hyin'tteok/hyin'ddeog).

In character names in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646

In Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646, both Method I and Method II are used for character names.

• Method I: characters in the Hangul Jamo and Hangul Compatibility Jamo blocks (e.g. U+1103 Template:Sc2 (), U+3148 Template:Sc2 ())
• Method II: characters in the Hangul Syllables block (e.g. U+AF43 Template:Sc2)

As an apostrophe is not allowed in character names, apostrophes are always omitted. For example, is yes'i'eung in ISO/TR 11941, but Template:Sc2 in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 (e.g. U+114C Template:Sc2).

External links

• ISO/TR 11941:1996

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