꿩

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꿩 U+AFE9, 꿩
HANGUL SYLLABLE GGWEONG
Composition:ㄲ + ㅝ + ㅇ
← 꿨
 		Hangul Syllables 꿪 →
꿔꿕꿖꿗꿘꿙꿚
꿛꿜꿝꿞꿟꿠꿡
꿢꿣꿤꿥꿦꿧꿨
꿩꿪꿫꿬꿭꿮꿯
꾸 ←→ 꿰

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean ᄭᅯᇰ (skwèng). Cognate to Korean 꿩 (kkwong).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkwong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkwong
Yale Romanization?kkweng

Noun

꿩 (kkwong)

  1. pheasant

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄭᅯᇰ (Yale: skwèng). From potential Old Korean *sukwenki/*sokwenki which can be compared to Old Japanese *sinki, 鴫.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkwong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkwong
McCune–Reischauer?kkwŏng
Yale Romanization?kkweng
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 꿩의 / 꿩에 / 꿩까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

꿩 • (kkwong)

  1. pheasant (bird)
Derived terms
Nouns
Idioms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkwong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkwong
McCune–Reischauer?kkwŏng
Yale Romanization?kkweng

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 꿩 (kkwong)
Yang-form 꽝 (kkwang)

꿩 • (kkwong)

  1. (onomatopoeia) with a loud bang or crashing sound
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