오덕후

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese オタク (otaku), but respelled to make it look like a Sino-Korean word. Various Sino-Korean etymologies were subsequently humorously proposed.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞dʌ̹kʰu]
Phonetic hangul: [오더쿠]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	odeokhu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	odeoghu
McCune–Reischauer^?	odŏkhu
Yale Romanization^?	otek.hwu

Noun

오덕후 • (odeokhu)

(especially in a Korean context) Synonym of 오타쿠 (otaku, “otaku”)

Derived terms

덕후 (deokhu, “fan”)

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