적연

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeogyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeog'yeon
McCune–Reischauer?chŏgyŏn
Yale Romanization?cek.yen

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 寂然, from 寂 (“quiet, tranquil”) + 然 (“adjective-deriving suffix”).

Root

적연 • (jeogyeon) (hanja 寂然)

  1. Root of 적연하다 (jeogyeonhada, “to be quiet; to be tranquil”) / 적연히 (jeogyeonhi, “tranquilly, quietly”). Rarely used alone.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 的 (“certain”) + 然 (“adverb-deriving suffix”).

Adverb

적연 • (jeogyeon) (hanja 的然)

  1. (formal) certainly
    Synonym: 분명(分明) (bunmyeong)
Derived terms
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