등

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등 U+B4F1, 등
HANGUL SYLLABLE DEUNG
Composition:ㄷ + ㅡ + ㅇ
← 듰
 		Hangul Syllables 듲 →
드득듞듟든듡듢
듣들듥듦듧듨듩
듪듫듬듭듮듯듰
등듲듳듴듵듶듷
듀 ←→ 듸

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 드ᇰ (Yale: tung).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?deung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deung
McCune–Reischauer?tŭng
Yale Romanization?tung

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 등의 / 등에 / 등까지

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

Noun

등 • (deung)

  1. (anatomy) back of a person or animal
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 燈 (“lantern”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?deung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deung
McCune–Reischauer?tŭng
Yale Romanization?tung

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 등의 / 등에 / 등까지

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

Noun

등 • (deung) (hanja 燈)

  1. lantern
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 等

Noun

등 • (deung) (hanja 等)

  1. rank.
  2. et cetera, often in series: "등등"
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

등 (deung)

More information
  1. 等: rank, class, order; et cetera
    (eumhun reading: 무리 등 (muri deung))
    (MC reading: 等 (MC tojX|tongX))
  2. 登: to go up, to climb
    (eumhun reading: 오를 등 (oreul deung))
    (MC reading: 登 (MC tong))
  3. 騰: gallop, run, prance; fly; rise
    (eumhun reading: 오를 등 (oreul deung))
    (MC reading: 騰 (MC dong))
  4. 燈: lamp, lantern, light
    (eumhun reading: 등 등 (deung deung))
    (MC reading: 燈 (MC tong))
  5. 藤: wisteria
    (eumhun reading: 등나무 등 (deungnamu deung))
    (MC reading: 藤 (MC dong))
  6. 鄧:
    (MC reading: 鄧 (MC dongH))
  7. 謄: to copy; mimeograph; transcribe
    (eumhun reading: 베낄 등 (bekkil deung))
    (MC reading: 謄 (MC dong))
  8. 嶝:
    (MC reading: 嶝 (MC tongH))
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