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