걱정

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhaebo (譯語類解補 / 역어유해보), 1775, as Early Modern Korean 걱뎡 (Yale: kektyeng).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geokjeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geogjeong
McCune–Reischauer?kŏkchŏng
Yale Romanization?kekceng

Noun

걱정 (geokjeong)

  1. anxiety; worry

Derived terms