태권도

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 태권(跆拳) (taegwon, “foot and fist; trampling and punching”) + 道 (“way”). Coined by Korean martial artist Choi Hong Hi in 1955, influenced by the name of the unrelated martial art of 택견 (taekgyeon).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰɛk͈wʌ̹ndo̞] ~ [tʰe̞k͈wʌ̹ndo̞]

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• Phonetic hangul: [태꿘도/테꿘도]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	taegwondo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	taegwondo
McCune–Reischauer?	t'aekwŏndo
Yale Romanization?	thayqkwento

Noun

태권도 • (taegwondo) (hanja 跆拳道)

1. taekwondo

Descendants

• → English: taekwondo
• → Arabic: تَايْكُونْدُو m (tāykūndū)
• → Chinese: 跆拳道 (táiquándào)
• → Finnish: taekwondo
• → French: taekwondo m
• → German: Taekwondo n
• → Greek: τάεκβοντο n (táekvonto)
• → Italian: taekwondo
• → Japanese: 跆拳道(テコンドー) (tekondō)
• → Kazakh: таеквондо (taekvondo)
• → Latvian: tekvondo
• → Persian: تکواندو (tekvândo)
• → Polish: taekwondo n
• → Portuguese: taekwondo m
• → Russian: тхэквондо́ n (txɛkvondó)
• → Spanish: taekwondo m
• → Thai: เทควันโด (tee-kwan-dôo)
• → Turkish: tekvando
• → Vietnamese: đài quyền đạo

See also

• 도장(道場) (dojang)