종

Korean

Etymology 1

조족졲졳존졵졶 졷졸졹졺졻졼졽 졾졿좀좁좂좃좄 종좆좇좈좉좊좋
졔 ←	→ 좌

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [종]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jong
McCune–Reischauer?	chong
Yale Romanization?	cong

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 종 • (jong)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ, ㅗ, and ㅇ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

Noun

종 • (jong) (hanja 種)

1. Kind or type.
2. (biology) Species.

Syllable

종 (jong)

1. 種:

   (MC reading: 種 (MC tsyowngX|tsyowngH))

2. 宗:

   (MC reading: 宗 (MC tsowng))

3. 綜:

   (MC reading: 綜 (MC tsowngH))

4. 鐘:

   (MC reading: 鐘 (MC tsyowng))

5. 鍾:

   (MC reading: 鍾 (MC tsyowng))

6. 從:

   (MC reading: 從 (MC dzjowng|tshjowng|dzjowngH))

7. 終:

   (MC reading: 終 (MC tsyuwng))

8. 腫:

   (MC reading: 腫 (MC tsyowngX))

9. 縱:

   (MC reading: 縱 (MC tsjowng|tsjowngH))

10. 琮:

    (MC reading: 琮 (MC dzowng))

11. 棕:

    (MC reading: 棕 (MC tsuwng))

12. 淙:

    (MC reading: 淙 (MC dzowng|dzraewng|sraewngH))

13. 踵:

    (MC reading: 踵 (MC tsyowngX))

14. 倧:

    (MC reading: 倧 (MC tsowng))

15. 慫:

    (MC reading: 慫 (MC sjowngX))

16. 悰:

    (MC reading: 悰 (MC dzowng))

17. 踪:

    (MC reading: 踪)

Etymology 3

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 죠ᇰ (Yale: cyong).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞(ː)ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [종(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jong
McCune–Reischauer?	chong
Yale Romanization?	cōng

Noun

종 • (jong) (hanja 種)

1. slave