근육

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 筋肉 (“muscle”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯɲuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [그뉵]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geunyuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geun'yug
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭnyuk
Yale Romanization?	kun.yuk

Noun

근육 • (geunyuk) (hanja 筋肉)

1. muscle

Synonyms

힘살 (himsal) (native Korean)