축구

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 蹴球, from 蹴 (“kick”) + 球 (“ball”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰuk̚k͈u]
• Phonetic hangul: [축꾸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chukgu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chuggu
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ukku
Yale Romanization?	chwuk.kwu

Noun

축구 • (chukgu) (hanja 蹴球)

1. football, soccer

   축구를 하다

   chukgu-reul hada

   to play football

Synonyms

• 풋볼 (putbol)

Related terms

• 미식 축구 (misik chukgu, “American football”)