성덕

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 成德, from 成 (“succeed”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?sengtek

Noun

Derived verbs
Active 성덕하다

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 成德)

  1. attainment of virtue; virtuous character

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 性德, from 性 (“character, nature”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?sēngtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 性德)

  1. (Buddhism) innate virtue possessed by all living things

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 盛德, from 盛 (“prosperous; great”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?sengtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 盛德)

  1. great virtue
    Synonyms: 가덕(嘉德) (gadeok), 위덕(偉德) (wideok)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 聖德, from 聖 (“holy, divine”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?sengtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 聖德)

  1. virtues of a sage or saint
    Synonym: 건덕(乾德) (geondeok)
  2. act of extolling the virtues of the monarch

Etymology 5

Compound of 성(成) (seong, “succeed”) +‎ 덕 (deok, short for 오덕후 (odeokhu, “otaku”)).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?sengtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 成덕)

  1. geek, expert
    그는 IT 분야에서 성덕이다.
    Geu-neun aiti bunya-eseo seongdeog-ida.
    He is a geek in the IT field.
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