International Phonetic Alphabet (a standardized set of symbols for representing the sounds of human speech)
köken: Sino-Korean word from 국제(國際) (gukje, “international”) + 음성(音聲) (eumseong, “sound”) + 기호(記號) (giho, “sign, symbol, mark”). See also Japanese 国際音声記号(こくさいおんせいきごう) (kokusai onsei kigō), Chinese 國際音標／国际音标 (guójì yīnbiāo).