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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | jeogyeon |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeog'yeon |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chŏgyŏn |
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| Yale Romanization? | cek.yen |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 寂然, from 寂 (“quiet, tranquil”) + 然 (“adjective-deriving suffix”).
Root
적연 • (jeogyeon) (hanja 寂然)
- Root of 적연하다 (jeogyeonhada, “to be quiet; to be tranquil”) / 적연히 (jeogyeonhi, “tranquilly, quietly”). Rarely used alone.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 的 (“certain”) + 然 (“adverb-deriving suffix”).
Adverb
적연 • (jeogyeon) (hanja 的然)
- (formal) certainly
- Synonym: 분명(分明) (bunmyeong)
Derived terms