Korean

Noun

알까기 • ‎(alkkagi)

1. hatching

Synonyms

• 부화 (孵化, buhwa): hatching, incubation
• 난생 (卵生, nansaeng): oviparity, oviparous birth

Antonyms

• 태생 (胎生, taesaeng): viviparity, viviparous birth

Related terms

• 알 (al): egg
• 낳다 (nata): to breed, lay (eggs)
• 품다 (pumda): to embrace, incubate
• 까다 (kkada): to shell, castrate, hatch
• 깨다 (kkaeda): to break, crack, awake, hatch

See also

• 난생신화 (卵生神話, nansaengsinhwa): oviparous myth (such that the founder of a dynasty hatched out of an egg, perhaps simply serving as a metaphor for the beginning of a new nation.)