성덕

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 成德, from 成 (“succeed”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋdʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [성덕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?	sengtek

Noun

Derived verbs

Active	성덕하다

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 成德)

1. attainment of virtue; virtuous character

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 性德, from 性 (“character, nature”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?	sēngtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 性德)

1. (Buddhism) innate virtue possessed by all living things

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 盛德, from 盛 (“prosperous; great”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋdʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [성덕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?	sengtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 盛德)

1. great virtue

   Synonyms: 가덕(嘉德) (gadeok), 위덕(偉德) (wideok)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 聖德, from 聖 (“holy, divine”) + 德 (“virtue”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋdʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [성덕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?	sengtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 聖德)

1. virtues of a sage or saint

   Synonym: 건덕(乾德) (geondeok)

2. act of extolling the virtues of the monarch

Etymology 5

Compound of 성(成) (seong, “succeed”) +‎ 덕 (deok, short for 오덕후 (odeokhu, “otaku”)).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋdʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [성덕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngdŏk
Yale Romanization?	sengtek

Noun

성덕 • (seongdeok) (hanja 成덕)

1. geek, expert

   그는 IT 분야에서 성덕이다.

   Geu-neun aiti bunya-eseo seongdeog-ida.

   He is a geek in the IT field.