곤충

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 昆蟲, from 昆 (“many”) + 蟲 (“bug”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɲt͡ɕʰuŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [곤충]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonchung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonchung
McCune–Reischauer?	konch'ung
Yale Romanization?	kon.chwung

Noun

곤충 • (gonchung) (hanja 昆蟲)

1. insect

Derived terms

• 곤충류 (昆蟲類, gonchungnyu, “Insecta”)
• 곤충학 (昆蟲學, gonchunghak , “entomology”)