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 mainly used in character names in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646.
The technical report was withdrawn in December 2013.
Transliteration rules Consonants HangulLatinMethod I(North Korea)Method II(South Korea)kgkhkkkggtdthtttddpbphpppbbcjchcccjjsssh'/ngnr/lm Vowels HangulLatinaeooueuiaeeoeyayeoyoyuyaeyewaweowiwaeweyi Apostrophe The 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 (), U+3148 ()) Method II: characters in the Hangul Syllables block (e.g. U+AF43 )
As the apostrophe is not allowed in character names, it is always omitted. For example, is yes'i'eung in ISO/TR 11941, but in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 (e.g. U+114C ).
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External links ISO/TR 11941:1996