등

등 U+B4F1, 등 HANGUL SYLLABLE DEUNG Composition: ㄷ + ㅡ + ㅇ ← 듰 [U+B4F0] Hangul Syllables 듲 → [U+B4F2]

드득듞듟든듡듢 듣들듥듦듧듨듩 듪듫듬듭듮듯듰 등듲듳듴듵듶듷
듀 ←	→ 듸

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 드ᇰ (Yale: tung).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tɯŋ]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [등]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	deung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	deung
McCune–Reischauer?	tŭng
Yale Romanization?	tung

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 등의 / 등에 / 등까지

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

Noun

등 • (deung)

1. (anatomy) back of a person or animal

Synonyms

• 배부 (baebu) (formal)

Derived terms

• 등줄기 (deungjulgi), spine

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 燈 (“lantern”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tɯŋ]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [등]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	deung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	deung
McCune–Reischauer?	tŭng
Yale Romanization?	tung

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 등의 / 등에 / 등까지

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

Noun

등 • (deung) (hanja 燈)

1. lantern

Derived terms

• 등불 (deungbul)
• 호박등 (hobakdeung)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 等

Noun

등 • (deung) (hanja 等)

1. rank.
2. et cetera, often in series: "등등"

Synonyms

• (et cetera): 따위 (ttawi)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

등 (deung)

Extended content

等: rank, class, order; et cetera (eumhun reading: 무리 등 (muri deung)) (MC reading: 等 (MC tojX|tongX)) 登: to go up, to climb (eumhun reading: 오를 등 (oreul deung)) (MC reading: 登 (MC tong)) 騰: gallop, run, prance; fly; rise (eumhun reading: 오를 등 (oreul deung)) (MC reading: 騰 (MC dong)) 燈: lamp, lantern, light (eumhun reading: 등 등 (deung deung)) (MC reading: 燈 (MC tong)) 藤: wisteria (eumhun reading: 등나무 등 (deungnamu deung)) (MC reading: 藤 (MC dong)) 鄧: (MC reading: 鄧 (MC dongH)) 謄: to copy; mimeograph; transcribe (eumhun reading: 베낄 등 (bekkil deung)) (MC reading: 謄 (MC dong)) 嶝: (MC reading: 嶝 (MC tongH))