똥

똥 U+B625, 똥 HANGUL SYLLABLE DDONG Composition: ㄸ + ㅗ + ㅇ ← 똤 [U+B624] Hangul Syllables 똦 → [U+B626]

또똑똒똓똔똕똖 똗똘똙똚똛똜똝 똞똟똠똡똢똣똤 똥똦똧똨똩똪똫
뗴 ←	→ 똬

Jeju

Etymology

From Proto-Koreanic *sotwonko.

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͈oŋ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͈oŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [똥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ttong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ttong
Yale Romanization?	ttwong

Noun

똥 (ttong)

1. stool, feces

Synonyms

• 시동 (sidong)

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄯᅩᇰ (Yale: stwòng), perhaps from Proto-Koreanic *sotwonko given the unusual Middle Korean low pitch on a monosyllabic noun. See Appendix:Koreanic reconstructions for more.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͈o̞ŋ]

  • Audio:

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• Phonetic hangul: [똥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ttong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ttong
McCune–Reischauer?	ttong
Yale Romanization?	ttong

Noun

똥 • (ttong)

1. (informal) dung, poop, shit, excrement

   Synonyms: 대변(大便) (“feces”, formal), 분변(糞便) (“feces”, formal, rare), 분(糞) (“feces”, formal, rare)

   똥을 누다/싸다/마렵다

   ttong-eul nuda/ssada/maryeopda

   to poop / to shit / to feel like pooping

   똥 묻은 개가 겨 묻은 개 나무란다.

   Ttong mudeun gaega gyeo mudeun gae namuranda.

   The pot calls the kettle black

   (literally, “The dung-smeared dog scolds the grain husk-smeared dog.”)

2. (by extension) dregs, residue

   Synonym: 찌꺼기 (jjikkeogi)

   지우개똥

   jiugae-ttong

   eraser dust (crumbs coming off of erasers)

Derived terms

• 똥갈보 (ttonggalbo)
• 똥값 (ttonggap)
• 똥개 (ttonggae)
• 똥거름 (ttonggeoreum)
• 똥구멍 (ttonggumeong, “anus”)
• 똥바가지 (ttongbagaji)
• 똥술 (ttongsul)
• 똥싸개 (ttongssagae)
• 똥싸다 (ttongssada)
• 똥오줌 (ttong'ojum)
• 똥줄 (ttongjul)
• 똥집 (ttongjip)
• 똥차 (ttongcha)
• 똥칠하다 (ttongchilhada)
• 똥통 (ttongtong)
• 먹똥 (meokttong)
• 쇠똥 (soettong)

See also

• 누다 (nuda)
• 마렵다 (maryeopda)
• 똥똥하다 (ttongttonghada) - 똥배 (ttongbae), 똥배짱 (ttongbaejjang)