축구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 蹴球, from 蹴 (“to kick”) + 球 (“ball”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰuk̚k͈u]
• Phonetic hangul: [축꾸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chukgu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chuggu
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ukku
Yale Romanization?	chwuk.kwu

Noun

축구 • (chukgu) (hanja 蹴球)

1. (sports) football; soccer

   축구를 하다 ― chukgureul hada ― to play football

Derived terms

• 미식축구(美式蹴球) (misikchukgu, “American football”)