똥

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똥 U+B625, 똥
HANGUL SYLLABLE DDONG
Composition:ㄸ + ㅗ + ㅇ
← 똤
 		Hangul Syllables 똦 →
또똑똒똓똔똕똖
똗똘똙똚똛똜똝
똞똟똠똡똢똣똤
똥똦똧똨똩똪똫
뗴 ←→ 똬

Jeju

Etymology

From Proto-Koreanic *sotwonko.

Pronunciation

Noun

똥 (ttong)

  1. stool, feces

Synonyms

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄯᅩᇰ (Yale: stwòng), perhaps from Proto-Koreanic *sotwonko given the unusual Middle Korean low pitch on a monosyllabic noun. See Appendix:Koreanic reconstructions for more.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
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Revised Romanization (translit.)?ttong
McCune–Reischauer?ttong
Yale Romanization?ttong

Noun

똥 • (ttong)

  1. (informal) dung, poop, shit, excrement
    Synonyms: 대변(大便) (“feces”, formal), 분변(糞便) (“feces”, formal, rare), 분(糞) (“feces”, formal, rare)
    똥을 누다/싸다/마렵다
    ttong-eul nuda/ssada/maryeopda
    to poop / to shit / to feel like pooping
    똥 묻은 개가 겨 묻은 개 나무란다.
    Ttong mudeun gaega gyeo mudeun gae namuranda.
    The pot calls the kettle black
    (literally, “The dung-smeared dog scolds the grain husk-smeared dog.”)
  2. (by extension) dregs, residue
    Synonym: 찌꺼기 (jjikkeogi)
    지우개똥
    jiugae-ttong
    eraser dust (crumbs coming off of erasers)

Derived terms

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