Korean slang profile
TCG
TCG
An abbreviation for card games where players compete under set rules using collected cards.
An abbreviation for card games where players compete under set rules using collected cards.
- Expanded form
- 트레이딩 카드 게임트레이딩 카드 게임 (trading card game)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Sep 7, 2021
- 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
모아 둔 카드로 친구와 TCG를 즐겼어.
I played a TCG with a friend using the cards I had collected.
02Documented history
- September 2021스포탈코리아 introduced games played under set rules with trading cards as TCG.[1]
03Origin & word formation
스포탈코리아 expands TCG as ‘트레이딩 카드 게임’ (trading card game). This source does not establish the expanded English form or who first used the abbreviation and when.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean explanation and usage were checked in the source. The expanded English form and how it was first coined could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 트레이딩 카드 등급, 왜 받아야하는 것일까? (스포탈코리아)Published Sep 7, 2021Original source checked Nov 13, 2026