경

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경 U+ACBD, 경
HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEONG
Composition:ㄱ + ㅕ + ㅇ
← 겼
 		Hangul Syllables 겾 →
겨격겪겫견겭겮
겯결겱겲겳겴겵
겶겷겸겹겺겻겼
경겾겿곀곁곂곃
게 ←→ 계

Jeju

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

경 (gyeong)

  1. (not) so much
  2. like that; so

Derived terms

  • 경ᄒᆞ다 (gyeonghawda, “to be like so, be like that”)

See also

  • 영 (yeong, “like this”)
  • 저영 (jeoyeong, “like that”)

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyeong
McCune–Reischauer?kyŏng
Yale Romanization?kyeng

Etymology 1

Pronoun

경 • (gyeong) (hanja 卿)

  1. In the Joseon Dynasty (14th-19th centuries), the term used by the king to refer to any official above the second rank.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 庚

Noun

경 • (gyeong) (hanja 庚)

  1. the seventh of the ten heavenly stems
Coordinate terms
one of ten heavenly stems

Etymology 3

Suffix

—경 • (-gyeong) (hanja 頃)

  1. around a certain time
    5시경
    taseot-si gyeong
    around five o'clock

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Numeral

Korean numbers (edit)
 ←  10,000,000,000 (1010)  ←  1012 1016 1020  → 
    Sino-Korean: 경 (gyeong)
    Hanja: 京

경 • (gyeong) (hanja 京)

  1. 1016

Syllable

경 (gyeong)

  1. 經: passing
    (eumhun reading: 지날 경 (jinal gyeong))
    (MC reading: 經 (MC keng|kengH))
  2. 慶: a happy event
    (eumhun reading: 경사 경 (gyeongsa gyeong))
    (MC reading: 慶 (MC khjaengH))
  3. 京: national capital
    (eumhun reading: 서울 경 (seoul gyeong))
    (MC reading: 京 (MC kjaeng))
  4. 景: view
    (eumhun reading: 경치 경 (gyeongchi gyeong))
    (MC reading: 景 (MC kjaengX))
  5. 境: condition
    (eumhun reading: 지경 경 (jigyeong gyeong))
    (MC reading: 境 (MC kjaengX))
  6. 警: border
    (eumhun reading: 경계할 경 (gyeonggyehal gyeong))
    (MC reading: 警 (MC kjaengX))
  7. 競: fight
    (eumhun reading: 다툴 경 (datul gyeong))
    (MC reading: 競 (MC gjaengH))
  8. 敬: respect
    (eumhun reading: 공경할 경 (gonggyeonghal gyeong))
    (MC reading: 敬 (MC kjaengH))
  9. 傾: tilt
    (eumhun reading: 기울어질 경 (giureojil gyeong))
    (MC reading: 傾 (MC khjwieng))
  10. 卿: noble title
    (eumhun reading: 벼슬 경 (byeoseul gyeong))
    (MC reading: 卿 (MC khjaeng))
  11. 鏡: mirror
    (eumhun reading: 거울 경 (geoul gyeong))
    (MC reading: 鏡 (MC kjaengH))
  12. 庚: seventh
    (eumhun reading: 일곱째 경 (ilgopjjae gyeong))
    (MC reading: 庚 (MC kaeng))
  13. 瓊: jade
    (eumhun reading: 옥 경 (ok gyeong))
    (MC reading: 瓊 (MC gjwieng))
  14. 耕: plowing
    (eumhun reading: 밭갈 경 (batgal gyeong))
    (MC reading: 耕 (MC keang))
  15. 硬: firmness
    (eumhun reading: 굳을 경 (gudeul gyeong))
    (MC reading: 硬 (MC ngeangH))
  16. 輕: lightness, triviality
    (eumhun reading: 가벼울 경 (gabyeoul gyeong))
    (MC reading: 輕 (MC khjieng|khjiengH))
  17. 逕: approach
    (eumhun reading: 소로 경 (soro gyeong))
    (MC reading: 逕 (MC kengH))
  18. 璟: jade-like luster
    (eumhun reading: 옥 광채 날 경 (ok gwangchae nal gyeong))
    (MC reading: 璟 (MC 'jaengX|kjwaengX))
  19. 頃: moment
    (eumhun reading: 잠깐 경 (jamkkan gyeong))
    (MC reading: 頃 (MC khjwieng|khjwiengX))
  20. 徑: diameter
    (eumhun reading: 지름길 경 (jireumgil gyeong))
    (MC reading: 徑 (MC kengH))
  21. 更: repair
    (eumhun reading: 고칠 경 (gochil gyeong))
    (MC reading: 更 (MC kaeng|kaengH))
  22. 驚: surprise
    (eumhun reading: 놀랄 경 (nollal gyeong))
    (MC reading: 驚 (MC kjaeng))

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