건축

Sino-Korean word from 建築 (“architecture; construction”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 建築 (kenchiku).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰuk̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [건(ː)축]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

건축 • (geonchuk) (hanja 建築)

1. architecture; construction

• 건축가 (建築家, geonchukga)
• 건축하다 (建築—, geonchukhada, “to construct”)