적연

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɡjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [저견]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeogyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeog'yeon
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏgyŏn
Yale Romanization?	cek.yen

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 寂然, from 寂 (“quiet, tranquil”) + 然 (“adjective-deriving suffix”).

Root

적연 • (jeogyeon) (hanja 寂然)

1. 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)

1. (formal) certainly

   Synonym: 분명(分明) (bunmyeong)

Derived terms

• 적연(的然)하다 (jeogyeonhada)