Kontsevich system

The Kontsevich system (Russian: Система Концевича/Sistema Kontsevicha) for the Cyrillization of the Korean language was created by the Russian scholar Lev Kontsevitch (Russian: Лев Концевич) on the basis of the earlier system designed by Aleksandr Holodovich (Russian: Александр Холодович). It is currently the main system of transcribing Korean words into the Russian language.

Introduction

Cyrillization systems for Korean were developed domestically in both North and South Korea; Kontsevich carried out work on the systemisation of these rules. In contrast with some systems of romanization of Korean, the transcription is based primarily on the pronunciation of a word, rather than on its spelling.

Consonants

Initial

Hangul	ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅈ	ㅊ	ㅋ	ㅌ	ㅍ	ㅎ	ㄲ	ㄸ	ㅃ	ㅆ	ㅉ	ㅇ
Cyrillic	к	н	т	р	м	п	с	ч	чх	кх	тх	пх	х	кк	тт	пп	сс	чч	-
McCune–Reischauer	k	n	t	r	m	p	s	ch	ch'	k'	t'	p'	h	kk	tt	pp	ss	tch	-
Revised Romanization	g	n	d	r	m	b	s	j	ch	k	t	p	h	kk	tt	pp	ss	jj	-

Final

Hangul	ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅈ	ㅊ	ㅋ	ㅌ	ㅍ	ㅎ	ㄲ	ㄸ	ㅃ	ㅆ	ㅉ	ㅇ
Cyrillic	к	н	т	ль	м	п	т	т	т	к	т	п	т	к	-	-	т	-	нъ
McCune–Reischauer	k	n	t	l	m	p	t	t	t	k	t	p	t	k	-	-	t	-	ng
Revised Romanization	k	n	t	l	m	p	t	t	t	k	t	p	t	k	-	-	t	-	ng

Medial consonant rules

Some letters are transcribed differently in the middle of a word when following certain other letters.

Next initial→ Previous ending↓		ㄱ	ㄴ	ㄷ	ㄹ	ㅁ	ㅂ	ㅅ	ㅈ	ㅊ	ㅋ	ㅌ	ㅍ	ㅎ	ㅇ
		к	н	т	р	м	п	с	ч	чх	кх	тх	пх	х	-
ㄱ	к	кк	нн	кт	нн	нм	кп	кс	кч	кчх	ккх	ктх	кпх	кх	г
ㄴ	н	нг	нн	нд	лл	нм	нб	нс	ндж	нчх	нкх	нтх	нпх	нх	н
ㄹ	ль	льг	лл	льтт	лл	льм	льб	льсс	льчч	льчх	лькх	льтх	льпх	рх	р
ㅁ	м	мг	мн	мд	мн	мм	мб	мс	мдж	мчх	мкх	мтх	мпх	мх	м
ㅂ	п	пк	мн	пт	мн	мм	пп	пс	пч	пчх	пкх	птх	ппх	пх	б
ㅇ	нъ	нг	нн	нд	нн	нм	нб	нс	ндж	нчх	нкх	нтх	нпх	нх	нъ

Vowels

Hangul	ㅏ	ㅑ	ㅓ	ㅕ	ㅗ	ㅛ	ㅜ	ㅠ	ㅡ	ㅣ	ㅐ	ㅒ	ㅔ	ㅖ	ㅚ	ㅟ	ㅢ	ㅘ	ㅝ	ㅙ	ㅞ
Cyrillic	а	я	о	ё	о	ё	у	ю	ы	и	э	йя	е	йе/-е	ве	ви	ый/-и	ва	во	вэ	ве
McCune–Reischauer	a	ya	ŏ	yŏ	o	yo	u	yu	ŭ	i	ae	yae	e/-ë	ye	oe	wi	ŭi	wa	wŏ	wae	we
Revised Romanization	a	ya	eo	yeo	o	yo	u	yu	eu	i	ae	yae	e	ye	oe	wi	ui	wa	wo	wae	we

Examples

English	Hangul (Hanja)	RR (RR transliteration in parentheses)	Kontsevich (Latin transliteration in parentheses)
“wall”	벽(壁)	byeok (byeog)	пёк (pyok)
“on the wall”	벽에	byeoge (byeog-e)	пёге (pyoge)
“outside” (uninflected)	밖	bak (bakk)	пак (pak)
“outside”	밖에	bakke (bakk-e)	пакке (pakke)
“kitchen”	부엌	bueok (bueok)	пуок (puok)
“to the kitchen”	부엌에	bueoke (bueok-e)	пуокхе (puokhe)
“Wikipedia”	위키백과(百科)	wikibaekgwa (wikibaeggwa)	викхибэкква (vikhibekkva)
“Hangul”	한글	hangeul or han-geul (han-geul)	хангыль (hangyl')
“Hanja”	한자 (漢字)	hancha or han-cha (han-ja)	ханча (hancha)
“character, letter”	글자( - 字)	geulja (geul-ja)	кыльчча (kyl'chcha)
“(an) easy” (+ noun)	쉬운…	swiun… (swiun…)	свиун… (sviun…)
“Four seasons are distinct.”	사계절(四季節)이 뚜렷하다.	Sagyejeori tturyeotada. (Sa-gye-jeol-i ttu-lyeoshada.)	Сагеджори ттурётхада. (Sagedzhori tturyothada)
“Just check the line colour and width you want.”	원(願)하시는 선(線) 색(色)깔과 굵기에 체크하시면 됩니다.	Wonhasineun seon saekkkalgwa gukgie chekeuhasimyeon doemnida. (Won-ha-si-neun seon saegkkal-gwa gulg-gie che-keu-ha-si-myeon doebni-da.)	Вонхасинын сон сэкккальгва куккие чхекхыхасимён твемнида. (Vonhasinyn son se`kkal'gva kukkie chhekhyhasimyon tvemnida.)

External links

• (Russian) Degrees of Courtesy and Communication Styles in the Korean Language, by K. B. Kurotchenkо.
• (Russian) Entry for Lev Kontsevich on the Institute of Oriental Studies.
• (Russian) Russian and Latin Transcription of Korean Words, by Lev Kontsevich.