철쭉

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 텩〮툑〮 (Yale: thyékthyók), nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 척촉 (躑躅, cheokchok).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheoljjuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheoljjug
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏltchuk
Yale Romanization?chelccwuk

Noun

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철쭉 (cheoljjuk)

  1. rhododendron; azalea