공덕

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gongdeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gongdeog
McCune–Reischauer?kongdŏk
Yale Romanization?kongtek

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 功德 (“merits and virtues”).

Noun

공덕 • (gongdeok) (hanja 功德)

  1. good deed
  2. (Buddhism) supererogation; virtue accumulated by good deeds, which will return as good fortune in the afterlife

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 公德.

Noun

공덕 • (gongdeok) (hanja 公德)

  1. public morals
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