공교

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 工巧, from 工 (“skill”) + 巧 (“coincidentally”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ŋɡjo]
• Phonetic hangul: [공교]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonggyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonggyo
McCune–Reischauer?	konggyo
Yale Romanization?	kongkyo

Noun

공교 • (gonggyo) (hanja 工巧)

1. strange talent
2. strange coincidence

Derived terms

• 공교롭다 (gonggyoropda, “to be strangely coincidental”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 孔敎 (“Confucianism”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡjo]
• Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)교]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gonggyo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gonggyo
McCune–Reischauer?	konggyo
Yale Romanization?	kōngkyo

Noun

공교 • (gonggyo) (hanja 孔敎)

1. Confucianism

Synonyms

• 유교 (儒敎, yugyo)