고독

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 孤獨, from 孤 (“lonely”) + 獨 (“alone”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞do̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [고독]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	godok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	godog
McCune–Reischauer?	kodok
Yale Romanization?	kotok

Noun

고독 • (godok) (hanja 孤獨)

1. loneliness
2. A childless old person.