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ISO/TR 11941

ISO/TR 11941 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand ISO/TR 11941 rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

ISO/TR 11941 belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect ISO/TR 11941 to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of ISO/TR 11941 from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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 The technical report was withdrawn in December 2013.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

Apostrophe The apostrophe (') is used for resolving ambiguity. It is used in the following cases.

Both Method I and Method II: When ㅇ appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. 앉아라 anc'ara/anj'ara) When ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅉ, or ㅆ appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. 아까 a'kka/a'gga) Method I only: When ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, or ㅊ appears at the initial position of a non-initial syllable of a polysyllabic word (e.g. 애타다 ae'thata) In fact, the above rules are always applied; they are applied even when there is no ambiguity (e.g. 아이 a'i, 흰떡 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 ᄃ HANGUL CHOSEONG TIKEUT (디귿), U+3148 ㅈ HANGUL LETTER CIEUC (지읒)) Method II: characters in the Hangul Syllables block (e.g. U+AF43 꽃 HANGUL SYLLABLE GGOC) As the apostrophe is not allowed in character names, it is always omitted. For example, 옛이응 is yes'i'eung in ISO/TR 11941, but YESIEUNG in Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 (e.g. U+114C ᅌ HANGUL CHOSEONG YESIEUNG).

Notes

External links ISO/TR 11941:1996

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with ISO/TR 11941

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what ISO/TR 11941 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to ISO/TR 11941 before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about ISO/TR 11941 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of ISO/TR 11941

In research: ISO/TR 11941 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses ISO/TR 11941 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: ISO/TR 11941 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics ISO romanization, ISO technical reports, Romanization of Korean, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for ISO/TR 11941 outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study ISO/TR 11941 in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what ISO/TR 11941 means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain ISO/TR 11941 out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is ISO/TR 11941 in simple terms?

Why does ISO/TR 11941 matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study ISO/TR 11941?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on ISO/TR 11941.