건축

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 建築 (architecture; construction), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 建築 (kenchiku).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰuk̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geonchuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geonchug
McCune–Reischauer?kŏnch'uk
Yale Romanization?kēn.chwuk

Noun

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건축 (geonchuk) (hanja 建築)

  1. architecture; construction

Derived terms

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