종

Character	종
Hangul Syllables	U+C885
Composition	ㅈ + ㅗ + ㅇ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	w-h-d

Korean

Etymology 1

조 족 졲 졳 존 졵 졶 졷 졸 졹 졺 졻 졼 졽 졾 졿 좀 좁 좂 좃 좄 종 좆 좇 좈 좉 좊 좋
졔 ←	좌 →

종 좆 좇 좈 좉 좊 좋 좌 좍 좎 좏 좐 좑 좒 좓 좔 좕 좖 좗 좘 좙 좚 좛 좜 좝 좞 좟 좠
졩 ←	좡 →

Pronunciation

• IPA: t͡ɕoŋ
• Phonetic hangul: 종

Romanization

Revised	jong	transliteration	jong
McCune–Reischauer	chong	Yale	cong

Syllable

종 (transliterations: Revised jong, McCune–Reischauer , Yale cong)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ, ㅗ, and ㅇ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

Noun

종 (jong, hanja 種)

1. Kind or type.
2. (biology) Species.

Syllable

종 (jong)

1. 種:
2. 宗:
3. 綜:
4. 鐘:
5. 鍾:
6. 從:
7. 終:
8. 腫:
9. 縱:
10. 琮:
11. 棕:
12. 淙:
13. 踵:
14. 倧:
15. 慫:
16. 悰:
17. 踪:

Etymology 3

First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as 죠ᇰ (Yale: cyong).

Pronunciation

• IPA: t͡ɕoːŋ
• Phonetic hangul: 종ː

Romanization

Revised	jong	transliteration	jong
McCune–Reischauer	chong	Yale	cōng

Noun

종 (jong, hanja 種)

1. slave