식물

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 植物, from 植 (“planting”) + 物 (“thing”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰiŋmuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [싱물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	singmul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sigmul
McCune–Reischauer?	singmul
Yale Romanization?	sikmul

Noun

식물 • (singmul) (hanja 植物)

1. plant

Derived terms

• 기생식물(寄生植物) (gisaengsingmul)
• 목본식물(木本植物) (mokbonsingmul)
• 식물학(植物學) (singmulhak)
• 초본식물(草本植物) (chobonsingmul)