종

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 죠ᇰ〯 (Yale: cyǒng). Probably a nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 從 (jong, “follower, attendant, entourage”) (Martin 1996, p. 30).

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

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 종의 / 종에 / 종까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

종 • (jong)

1. servant

   Synonym: 하인(下人) (hain)

2. slave

Sino-Korean word from 鐘, from the Middle Korean reading 죠ᇰ (Yale: cyòng).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [종]

종 • (jong) (hanja 鐘)

1. bell (instrument)

   종을 치다 ― jong'eul chida ― to clang a bell

• See the hanja entry at 鐘 for Sino-Korean compounds of (鐘, jong).

Sino-Korean word from 腫, from the Middle Korean reading 죠ᇰ〯 (Yale: cyǒng).

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

종 • (jong) (hanja 腫)

1. (less common) tumour

   Synonym: (more common) 종기(腫氣) (jonggi)

• See the hanja entry at 腫 for Sino-Korean compounds of (腫, jong).

Sino-Korean word from 種.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [종]

종 • (jong) (hanja 種)

1. breed; kind; seed

   Synonym: 종자(種子) (jongja)

2. kind; sort; type

   Synonym: 종류(種類) (jongnyu)

3. (biology, taxonomy) a species

—종 • (-jong) (hanja 種)

1. breed; kind

   재래종 (在來種) ― jaeraejong ― native species

   외래종 (外來種) ― oeraejong ― introduced species

   개량종 (改良種) ― gaeryangjong ― improved breed

• See the hanja entry at 種 for Sino-Korean compounds of (種, jong).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

종 • (jong)