Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 텩〮툑〮 (Yale: thyékthyók), nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 척촉 (躑躅, cheokchok).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheoljjuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheoljjug
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏltchuk
Yale Romanization?chelccwuk

Noun edit

철쭉 (cheoljjuk)

  1. rhododendron; azalea