also: かんりゅう
Korean Wave; Hallyu
Refers to the global surge in popularity of South Korean pop culture, including K-pop, K-dramas, movies, and fashion, since the late 1990s.
Korean Wave dramas are gaining popularity around the world.
彼女は韓流アイドルの大ファンだ。
She is a huge fan of Korean Wave idols.
Korean drama; K-drama
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ハンりゅう is the most common pronunciation.
Alternate reading using the kanji's on'yomi; less common than ハンりゅう.
From Korean 한류 (hallyu), literally 'Korean current/flow', coined in the late 1990s. The Japanese form 韓流 uses the kanji 韓 (Korea) and 流 (current/flow), with the reading ハンりゅう reflecting the Korean pronunciation of 韓 (한).