적혈구

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 赤血球, from 赤 (“red”) + 血球 (“blood cell”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 赤血球(せっけっきゅう) (sekkekkyū).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹cçʌ̹ɭɡu]
    • Phonetic hangul: [저켤구]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?jeokhyeolgu
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeoghyeolgu
    McCune–Reischauer?chŏkhyŏlgu
    Yale Romanization?cek.hyel.kwu

    Noun

    적혈구 • (jeokhyeolgu) (hanja 赤血球)

    1. (hematology, cytology) a red blood cell; an erythrocyte
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.