독서

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 讀書, from 讀 (“to read”) + 書 (“writing, letter”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ks͈ʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [독써]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dokseo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dogseo
McCune–Reischauer?	toksŏ
Yale Romanization?	tok.se

Noun

독서 • (dokseo) (hanja 讀書)

1. reading

Derived terms

• 독서하다 (讀書—, dokseohada, “to read”)
• 독서실 (讀書室, dokseosil, “study room”)