유두

Korean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[judu]
  • Phonetic Hangul[유두]
Revised Romanization? yudu
Revised Romanization (translit.)? yudu
McCune–Reischauer? yudu
Yale Romanization? yutwu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 流頭

Alternative forms
  • 류두 (ryudu)

Noun

유두 • (yudu) (hanja 流頭)

  1. a midsummer festival of obsolete Korean tradition held on the 15th of June of the lunar calendar. Remarkably, people washed their hair in rivers especially flowing eastward, hence the name.
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Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 乳頭, from 乳 (“breast”) + 頭 (“head”)

Noun

유두 • (yudu) (hanja 乳頭)

  1. (anatomy) nipple
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