태극

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Korean

[edit]
Korean Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ko
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 太極

Pronunciation

[edit]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?taegeuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?taegeug
McCune–Reischauer?t'aegŭk
Yale Romanization?thaykuk

Noun

[edit]

태극 (taegeuk) (hanja 太極)

  1. The Absolute: the condition as it existed before the creation of the world
  2. Tai Chi
  3. taiji, a symbol of yin-yang and South Korea.

Derived terms

[edit]