Taekwondo — Lexography

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跆拳道 · Sino-Korean Hanja spelling
noun · Sino-Korean Hanja spelling
Reading: Historical reading not established
The Hanja representation of the Korean name, conventionally analyzed as foot/trample + fist + way.. An orthographic and morphemic representation of the Korean name, not an older donor-language stage.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for 跆拳道 (Sino-Korean Hanja spelling) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
Korean reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The inspected Korean entry gives 跆拳道 as the Hanja representation and analyzes the formation as 跆拳 + 道. Korean > Etymology and noun
The Korean Basic Dictionary presents 태권도 (跆拳道) as a noun for a sport based on Korean traditional martial arts using techniques including kicking, punching and blocking. Headword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition
The inspected entry supports the conventional transliteration taegwondo for 跆拳道. Batch 05 transliteration inspection for 跆拳道
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for Korean. LanguageTable reference row for Korean
태권도 · Korean
noun · Korean
Reading: tae-GWON-do
A Korean martial-art sport using hand and foot techniques.. A Korean martial-art sport using hand and foot techniques.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for 태권도 (Korean) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
Korean reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The inspected Korean entry gives 跆拳道 as the Hanja representation and analyzes the formation as 跆拳 + 道. Korean > Etymology and noun
The inspected etymology reports a 1955 naming account for the modern Korean form while also warning that the lexical record should not be expanded into institutional certainty. Korean > Etymology and noun
The Korean Basic Dictionary presents 태권도 (跆拳道) as a noun for a sport based on Korean traditional martial arts using techniques including kicking, punching and blocking. Headword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition
The inspected English entry identifies taekwondo as borrowed from Korean 태권도 (跆拳道), taegwondo. English > Etymology
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for 태권도. Batch 05 reading inspection for 태권도
The inspected entry supports the conventional transliteration taegwondo for 태권도. Batch 05 transliteration inspection for 태권도
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for Korean. LanguageTable reference row for Korean
taekwondo · English
noun · English
Reading: tie-KWON-doh
The Korean martial art and combat sport.. English adoption of the modern Korean lexical form; no unsupported English first-use date is added.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for taekwondo (English) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The Korean Basic Dictionary presents 태권도 (跆拳道) as a noun for a sport based on Korean traditional martial arts using techniques including kicking, punching and blocking. Headword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition
The inspected English entry identifies taekwondo as borrowed from Korean 태권도 (跆拳道), taegwondo. English > Etymology
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for taekwondo. Batch 05 reading inspection for taekwondo
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for English / Britain. LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude

Relationships

taegwondo → taegwondo: influence, qualified. The Hanja spelling and Hangul form represent the same Korean lexical formation; this edge records orthographic correspondence, not a historical ancestor or separate borrowing. Korean > Etymology and noun Headword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition

taegwondo → taekwondo: borrowing, documented. The inspected English entry explicitly identifies the English form as borrowed from Korean. Headword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition English > Etymology

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01The inspected Korean entry gives 跆拳道 as the Hanja representation and analyzes the formation as 跆拳 + 道.
Source
태권도 — Korean etymology and Hanja formWiktionary contributorsKorean > Etymology and noun
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The Korean entry identifies 태권도 as a Sino-Korean formation from 태권 (跆拳), “foot and fist; trampling and punching,” plus 道, “way”; it gives the Hanja representation 跆拳道 and reports a 1955 naming account while noting influence from the unrelated martial art 택견.
Korean > Etymology and noun
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected source supports this bounded lexical statement; it does not establish every use, date or transmission event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography selects this account for the named form or sense; wording and presentation are editorial.
Checked 2026-09-14 · revision 91640573. CC BY-SA 4.0 / GFDL; adapted with attribution and brief factual paraphrase only.
02The inspected etymology reports a 1955 naming account for the modern Korean form while also warning that the lexical record should not be expanded into institutional certainty.
Source
태권도 — Korean etymology and Hanja formWiktionary contributorsKorean > Etymology and noun
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The Korean entry identifies 태권도 as a Sino-Korean formation from 태권 (跆拳), “foot and fist; trampling and punching,” plus 道, “way”; it gives the Hanja representation 跆拳道 and reports a 1955 naming account while noting influence from the unrelated martial art 택견.
Korean > Etymology and noun
Qualification Qualified
The year is retained only as a reported naming context; exact coinage chronology and institutional priority are not resolved.
What Lexography infers
Lexography preserves the reported context without promoting it to an exact first-use claim.
Checked 2026-09-14 · revision 91640573. CC BY-SA 4.0 / GFDL; adapted with attribution and brief factual paraphrase only.
03The Korean Basic Dictionary presents 태권도 (跆拳道) as a noun for a sport based on Korean traditional martial arts using techniques including kicking, punching and blocking.
Source
태권도 — Korean Basic Dictionary entryNational Institute of Korean LanguageHeadword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The entry presents 태권도 (跆拳道) as a noun and defines it as a sport based on Korean traditional martial arts that attacks and defends with techniques including kicking, punching and blocking; it records the Korean pronunciation display [태꿘도].
Headword, pronunciation, part of speech and definition
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected source supports this bounded lexical statement; it does not establish every use, date or transmission event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography selects this account for the named form or sense; wording and presentation are editorial.
Checked 2026-09-14. Copyright or database terms apply; Lexography stores brief factual paraphrases of inspected passages only.
04The inspected English entry identifies taekwondo as borrowed from Korean 태권도 (跆拳道), taegwondo.
Source
taekwondo — English borrowing entryWiktionary contributorsEnglish > Etymology
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The English entry identifies taekwondo as borrowed from Korean 태권도 (跆拳道), taegwondo.
English > Etymology
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected source supports this bounded lexical statement; it does not establish every use, date or transmission event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography selects this account for the named form or sense; wording and presentation are editorial.
Checked 2026-09-14 · revision 92191329. CC BY-SA 4.0 / GFDL; adapted with attribution and brief factual paraphrase only.
05Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for Korean.
Source
Glottolog 5.3 — language reference coordinatesHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyLanguageTable reference row for Korean
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Korean · Latitude 37.5 · Longitude 127.5
LanguageTable reference row for Korean
Qualification Reference only
Language reference coordinates orient the map; they are not lexical birthplaces, borrowing sites or historical territories.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-11 · revision 072ca0d0410039fb8b779be8fc165bac575d2cda. CC BY 4.0; selected coordinates, rounded for regional orientation
06The inspected entry supports the conventional transliteration taegwondo for 跆拳道.
Source
태권도 — Korean Basic Dictionary entryNational Institute of Korean LanguageBatch 05 transliteration inspection for 跆拳道
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected lexical entry supports the conventional transliteration taegwondo for 跆拳道; transliteration is kept distinct from pronunciation.
Batch 05 transliteration inspection for 跆拳道
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports this bounded statement; it does not establish every use, date or transfer event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-14. Copyright or database terms apply; Lexography stores brief factual paraphrases of inspected passages only.
07Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for Korean.
Source
Glottolog 5.3 — language reference coordinatesHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyLanguageTable reference row for Korean
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
Korean · Latitude 37.5 · Longitude 127.5
LanguageTable reference row for Korean
Qualification Reference only
Language reference coordinates orient the map; they are not lexical birthplaces, borrowing sites or historical territories.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-11 · revision 072ca0d0410039fb8b779be8fc165bac575d2cda. CC BY 4.0; selected coordinates, rounded for regional orientation
08The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for 태권도.
Source
태권도 — Korean Basic Dictionary entryNational Institute of Korean LanguageBatch 05 reading inspection for 태권도
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected entry was checked for a conventional reading of 태권도; Batch 05 retains the guide as a present-day or conventional language reading and does not project it backward as historical pronunciation.
Batch 05 reading inspection for 태권도
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports this bounded statement; it does not establish every use, date or transfer event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-14. Copyright or database terms apply; Lexography stores brief factual paraphrases of inspected passages only.
09The inspected entry supports the conventional transliteration taegwondo for 태권도.
Source
태권도 — Korean Basic Dictionary entryNational Institute of Korean LanguageBatch 05 transliteration inspection for 태권도
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected lexical entry supports the conventional transliteration taegwondo for 태권도; transliteration is kept distinct from pronunciation.
Batch 05 transliteration inspection for 태권도
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports this bounded statement; it does not establish every use, date or transfer event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-14. Copyright or database terms apply; Lexography stores brief factual paraphrases of inspected passages only.
10Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for English / Britain.
Source
Glottolog 5.3 — language reference coordinatesHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyLanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude
Source passage
Reference record
stan1293 · English · Latitude 53.0 · Longitude -1.0
LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude
Qualification Reference only
Language reference coordinates orient the map; they are not lexical birthplaces, borrowing sites or historical territories.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-11 · revision 072ca0d0410039fb8b779be8fc165bac575d2cda. CC BY 4.0; selected coordinates, rounded for regional orientation
11The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for taekwondo.
Source
태권도 — Korean Basic Dictionary entryNational Institute of Korean LanguageBatch 05 reading inspection for taekwondo
Source passage
Source summary · not a quotation
The inspected entry was checked for a conventional reading of taekwondo; Batch 05 retains the guide as a present-day or conventional language reading and does not project it backward as historical pronunciation.
Batch 05 reading inspection for taekwondo
Qualification Source-supported
The inspected passage supports this bounded statement; it does not establish every use, date or transfer event.
What Lexography infers
Lexography retains the inspected evidence at the stated scope and does not promote contextual history into lexical ancestry.
Checked 2026-09-14. Copyright or database terms apply; Lexography stores brief factual paraphrases of inspected passages only.