ISO/TR 11941

ISO/TR 11941:1996 is a Korean romanization system used in ISO. It is not commonly used; it is only used in Unicode character names.

It is very similar to Yale Romanization.

Transcription rules

Consonants

ㄱ	ㄲ	ㄳ	ㅋ	ㄺ
k/g	kk/gg	ks/gs	kh/k	lk/lg
ㄷ	ㄸ		ㅌ	ㄾ
t/d	tt/dd		th/t	lth/lt
ㅂ	ㅃ	ㅄ	ㅍ	ㄼ	ㄿ
p/b	pp/bb	ps/bs	ph/p	lp/lb	lph/lp
ㅈ	ㅉ		ㅊ		ㄵ
c/j	cc/jj		ch/c		nc/nj
ㅅ	ㅆ			ㄽ
s	ss			ls
ㅁ				ㄻ
m				lm
ㅇ			ㅎ	ㅀ	ㄶ
–, ng			h	lh	nh
				ㄹ	ㄴ
				r/l	n

Vowels

ㅏ	ㅐ	ㅑ	ㅒ	ㅘ	ㅙ
a	ae	ya	yae	wa	wae
ㅓ	ㅔ	ㅕ	ㅖ	ㅝ	ㅞ
eo	e	yeo	ye	weo	we
ㅗ	ㅚ	ㅛ
o	oe	yo
ㅜ		ㅠ
u		yu
ㅡ
eu
ㅣ		ㅢ		ㅟ
i		yi		wi

Usage

This system is used in Unicode character names. For example, the character ᄎ (U+110E) is named "HANGUL CHOSEONG CHIEUCH" (한글 초성 치읓); ㅊ is romanized as "ch." However, the character 차 (U+CC28) is named "HANGUL SYLLABLE CA"; ㅊ is romanized as "c."