Romanisation

Korean language items in the Monash University Library are catalogued using the McCune-Reischauer Romanisation system. Users can find Korean materials on Monash University Library Catalogue enter either Korean scripts (한글) or McCune-Reischauer Romanised Korean.

For how to configure your computer to search the catalogue, see Using non-Roman script

For example, if you are looking for the following book:

To assist users in their searches, the letters that may be used to represent consonants and vowels are:

McCune-Reischauer Romanisation Korean

(While there may be a choice between letters that may be used to represent a consonant, there can be no variation in the representation of vowels).

Further information:

• ALA-LC Romanisation Table for Korean (pdf 6MB) (used M-R Romanisation system)
• Romanization of Korean from Korea’s official Website, navigate via KOREA.net > Korea Info > Korea and its People > Learning Korean > Romanization of Korean
• Korean McCune-Reischauer Romanization Dictionary

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