경

경 U+ACBD, 경 HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEONG Composition: ㄱ + ㅕ + ㅇ ← 겼 [U+ACBC] Hangul Syllables 겾 → [U+ACBE]

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Jeju

Alternative forms

• 기영 (giyeong)

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kjəŋ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kjəŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [경]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeong
Yale Romanization?	kyeng

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [경]

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

Chinese heavenly stems: 천간 (cheon'gan)edit

• 갑 (gap)
• 을 (eul)
• 병 (byeong)
• 정 (jeong)
• 무 (mu)
• 기 (gi)
• 경 (gyeong)
• 신 (sin)
• 임 (im)
• 계 (gye)

Etymology 3

Suffix

—경 • (-gyeong) (hanja 頃)

1. around a certain time

   5시경

   daseot-si gyeong

   around five o'clock

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 京.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [경]

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

Numeral

Korean numbers ^(edit)

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

경 • (gyeong) (hanja 京)

1. 10¹⁶

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 京 for Sino-Korean compounds of 경 (京, gyeong).

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

경 • (gyeong)

More information

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))