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
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