Korean

Syllable

균 • ‎(gyun)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅠ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

Noun

균 • ‎(gyun)

1. 均: (music) An ancient Chinese musical term indicating which of the twelve pitches of the Chinese chromatic scale would be the starting pitch

   태주균

   taeju-gyun

   starting from the da cu pitch

2. 囷: A container for storing grain
3. 菌: microbe, germ
4. 菌: (biology) bacteria

Related terms

• (bacteria):
  • 항균 (hanggyun, “antibacterial”)
  • 세균 (segyun, “bacteria”)
  • 대장균 (daejanggyun, “coliform bacteria”)

Syllable

균 (gyun)

1. 勻: level

   (eumhun reading: 고를 균 ‎(goreul gyun))

2. 均: level

   (eumhun reading: 고를 균 ‎(goreul gyun))

3. 囷: storage house

   (eumhun reading: 곳집 균 ‎(gotjip gyun))

4. 畇: cultivate

   (eumhun reading: 밭 일굴 균 ‎(bat ilgul gyun))

5. 菌: mushroom

   (eumhun reading: 버섯 균 ‎(beoseot gyun))

6. 鈞: thirty-pound

   (eumhun reading: 서른 근 균 ‎(seoreun geun gyun))

7. 筠: bamboo

   (eumhun reading: 대나무 균 ‎(daenamu gyun))

8. 龜: cracking skin

   (eumhun reading: 터질 균 ‎(teojil gyun))

9. 麏: roe deer

   (eumhun reading: 노루 균 ‎(noru gyun))

References

• http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/List_dic.jsp