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U+ACF6, 곶
HANGUL SYLLABLE GOJ
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[U+ACF5]
Hangul Syllables
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계 ←→ 과

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곶〮 (Yale: kwóc).

Related to 곶〮 (Yale: kwóc, “skewer; skewered food”) and hence to 곶다〮 (Yale: kwòc-tá, “to pierce, to skewer”), because a cape "skewers" the sea; modern forms for the two are 꼬치 (kkochi) and 꽂다 (kkotda) respectively. One of rare cases of hun (semantic) reading of hanja surviving in Modern Korean.

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?got
Revised Romanization (translit.)?goj
McCune–Reischauer?kot
Yale Romanization?koc

Noun[edit]

(got) (hanja )

  1. cape; headland

Middle Korean[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(kwòc) (isolated (kwòs), locative 고ᄌᆡ〮 (kwòc-óy), alternative locative 고재〮 (kwòc-áy))

  1. flower; flowering plant
Descendants[edit]
  • Korean: (kkot)

Etymology 2[edit]

Related to 곶다〮 (kwòc-tá, to pierce, to skewer). Compare Japanese (kushi, skewer), of uncertain relation.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

곶〮 (kwóc) (isolated 곳〮 (kwós), locative 고재〮 (kwòc-áy), hanja )

  1. skewer (e.g. for meat)
  2. cape; headland
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Korean: (got)
  • Korean: 꼬치 (kkochi)