Korean slang profile
츤도쿠
cheundoku
A Japanese expression for someone who buys books, stacks them up, and does not read them.
A Japanese expression for someone who buys books, stacks them up, and does not read them.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 10, 2019
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
읽지 않은 책이 쌓이자 스스로 츤도쿠가 된 것 같다고 말했다.
As unread books piled up, I said I seemed to have become 츤도쿠.
02Documented history
- December 2019The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report includes a separate headword and explanation.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2019 new-word survey report explains this expression’s meaning and usage. Who created it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The report's headword, definition, and context were compared directly. Dates of older articles it cites were not copied without checking the originals. The evidence date is the publication date in the report's colophon.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2019년 신어 조사 (국립국어원)Published Dec 10, 2019Original source checked Nov 14, 2026