지구

지구

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 地球, from 地 (“ground”) + 球 (“ball”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[t͡ɕiɡu]
• Phonetic Hangul[지구]

Revised Romanization? jigu Revised Romanization (translit.)? jigu McCune–Reischauer? chigu Yale Romanization? cikwu

지구

Proper noun

지구 • (jigu) (hanja 地球)

1. Earth

Derived terms

• 지구적 (jigujeok, “global”)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 수성 (suseong)/진성 (jinseong), 금성 (geumseong), 지구 (jigu), 화성 (hwaseong), 목성 (mokseong), 토성 (toseong), 천왕성 (cheonwangseong), 해왕성 (haewangseong)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 地區, from 地 (“ground”) + 區 (“area”)

Noun

지구 • (jigu) (hanja 地區)

1. district, zone, region