꿩

꿩 U+AFE9, 꿩 HANGUL SYLLABLE GGWEONG Composition: ㄲ + ㅝ + ㅇ ← 꿨 [U+AFE8] Hangul Syllables 꿪 → [U+AFEA]

꿔꿕꿖꿗꿘꿙꿚 꿛꿜꿝꿞꿟꿠꿡 꿢꿣꿤꿥꿦꿧꿨 꿩꿪꿫꿬꿭꿮꿯
꾸 ←	→ 꿰

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean ᄭᅯᇰ (skwèng). Cognate to Korean 꿩 (kkwong).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽k͈wəŋ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [k͈wəŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [꿩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkwong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkwong
Yale Romanization?	kkweng

Noun

꿩 (kkwong)

1. pheasant

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄭᅯᇰ (Yale: skwèng). From potential Old Korean *sukwenki/*sokwenki which can be compared to Old Japanese *sinki, 鴫.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈wʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [꿩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkwong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkwong
McCune–Reischauer?	kkwŏng
Yale Romanization?	kkweng

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 꿩의 / 꿩에 / 꿩까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

꿩 • (kkwong)

1. pheasant (bird)

Derived terms

Nouns

• 개꿩 (gaekkwong, “gray plover”)
• 꿩과 (꿩科, kkwonggwa), the Phasianidae.
• 꿩의밥 (kkwong'uibap, “woodrush”)
• 눈꿩 (nunkkwong, “snowcock”)
• 들꿩 (deulkkwong, “hazel grouse”)
• 물꿩 (mulkkwong, “pheasant-tailed jacana”)
• 바다꿩 (badakkwong, “long-tailed duck”)

Idioms

• 꿩 구워먹은 자리 (kkwong guwomeogeun jari), the absence of any trace of a past event.
• 꿩 구워먹은 소식 (kkwong guwomeogeun sosik), the absence of any news.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈wʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [꿩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkwong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkwong
McCune–Reischauer?	kkwŏng
Yale Romanization?	kkweng

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	꿩 (kkwong)
Yang-form	꽝 (kkwang)

꿩 • (kkwong)

1. (onomatopoeia) with a loud bang or crashing sound