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

• IPA^(key): /kjəŋ/

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): [kjɘ(ː)ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [경(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

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

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

one of ten heavenly stems

• 갑 (甲, gap, “first”)
• 을 (乙, eul, “second”)
• 병 (丙, byeong, “third”)
• 정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)
• 무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
• 기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
• 신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
• 임 (壬, im, “ninth”)
• 계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

—경 • (-gyeong) (hanja 頃)

1. around a certain time

   5시경

   taseot-si gyeong

   around five o'clock

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Numeral

경 • (gyeong) (hanja 京)

1. 10¹⁶

Syllable

경 (gyeong)

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))

Compounds

• 경부(京釜) (Gyeongbu)
• 경인(京仁) (Gyeong'in)