자구다복

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 自求多福, from the Classic of Poetry, a collection of ancient Chinese poems from the early first millennium B.C.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ɡuda̠bo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [자구다복]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jagudabok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jagudabog
McCune–Reischauer?	chagudabok
Yale Romanization?	cakwutapok

Noun

자구다복 • (jagudabok) (hanja 自求多福)

1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) heaven helps those who help themselves