경성

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 京城, from 京 (“capital”) + 城 (“city”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “when it was first attested?”)

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Gyeongseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Gyeongseong
McCune–Reischauer^?	Kyŏngsŏng
Yale Romanization^?	kyengseng

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경성 • (Gyeongseong) (hanja 京城)

Sino-Korean word from 鏡 (“mirror”) + 城 (“city”)

경성 • (Gyeongseong) (hanja 鏡城)