건축

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 建築 (“architecture; construction”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 建築 (kenchiku).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geonchuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geonchug
McCune–Reischauer?	kŏnch'uk
Yale Romanization?	kēn.chwuk

Noun

건축 • (geonchuk) (hanja 建築)

1. architecture; construction

Derived terms

• 건축가 (建築家, geonchukga)
• 건축하다 (建築—, geonchukhada, “to construct”)