식물

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 植物, from 植 (“planting”) + 物 (“thing”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰiŋmuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [싱물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	singmul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sigmul
McCune–Reischauer?	singmul
Yale Romanization?	sikmul

Noun

식물 • (singmul) (hanja 植物)

1. plant

Derived terms

• 기생식물 (寄生植物, gisaengsingmul, “parasitic plant”)
• 목본식물 (木本植物, mokbonsingmul, “woody plants”)
• 식물학 (植物學, singmulhak, “botany”)
• 초본식물 (草本植物, chobonsingmul, “herbaceous plants”)