유두

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [judu]
• Phonetic hangul: [유두]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yudu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yudu
McCune–Reischauer?	yudu
Yale Romanization?	yutwu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 流頭

Alternative forms

• 류두 (ryudu)

Noun

유두 • (yudu) (hanja 流頭)

1. a midsummer festival of obsolete Korean tradition held on the 15th of June of the lunar calendar. Remarkably, people washed their hair in rivers especially flowing eastward, hence the name.

Derived terms

• 유두물 (yudumul): rainfall around the festival
• 유두벼 (yudubyeo): rice crop dedicated to the ancestors
• 유두연 (유두宴, yuduyeon): open-air party of the festival

See also

• 여름 (yeoreum): summer
  • 하지 (夏至, haji): summer solstice
• 겨울 (gyeoul): winter
  • 동지 (冬至, dongji): winter solstice

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 乳頭, from 乳 (“breast”) + 頭 (“head”)

Noun

유두 • (yudu) (hanja 乳頭)

1. (anatomy) nipple