검색

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 檢索, from 檢 (“to examine”) + 索 (“to look for”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)msʰɛk̚] ~ [ˈkɘ(ː)msʰe̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [검(ː)색/검(ː)섹]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geomsaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geomsaeg
McCune–Reischauer?	kŏmsaek
Yale Romanization?	kēmsayk

Noun

검색 • (geomsaek) (hanja 檢索)

1. searching; browsing; surfing; looking up

Derived terms

• 검문검색 (檢問檢索, geommun'geomsaek)
• 검색어 (檢索語, geomsaegeo)
• 검색창 (檢索窓, geomsaekchang)
• 검색표 (檢索表, geomsaekpyo)
• 검색하다 (檢索—, geomsaekhada)
• 정보 검색 (情報檢索, jeongbo geomsaek)
• 통합 검색 (統合檢索, tonghap geomsaek)