갑

Korean

Etymology 1

갑 값 갓 갔 강 갖 갗 갘 같 갚 갛 개 객 갞 갟 갠 갡 갢 갣 갤 갥 갦 갧 갨 갩 갪 갫 갬
꯵ ←	갭 →

Syllable

갑 (transliterations: Revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap, Yale kap)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅏ, and ㅂ…Ž.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 甲 (“armor, shell, the first of the ten heavenly stems”) .

Noun

갑 (gap)

1. armor; shell
2. the first of the ten Celestial stems

See also

• (first of the ten Celestial stems):
  1. 갑 (gap, 甲)
  2. 을 (eul, 乙)
  3. 병 (byeong, 丙)
  4. 정 (jeong, 丁)
  5. 무 (mu, 戊)
  6. 기 (gi, 己)
  7. 경 (gyeong, 庚)
  8. 신 (sin, 辛)
  9. 임 (im, 壬)
  10. 계 (gye, 癸)

Derived terms

• 갑각 (gapgak, “shell, crust”)
• 갑골문자: archaic Chinese inscription on bones or turtleback shells
• 갑론을박: conjecture and refutation
• 갑부: millionaire
• 갑상선: thyroid gland
• 갑상어알: caviar
• 갑옷: armor
• 갑충: beetle
• 갑판: deck
• 귀갑: turtleback
• 철갑: ironclad
• 철갑상어: sturgeon
• 철갑상어알: caviar

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 匣 (“small box, case, coffer”) .

Determiner

갑 (gap)

1. cases; packs
   • 한갑; 두갑; 세갑; 네갑

     hangap; dugap; segap; negap

     one pack; two packs; three packs; four packs

Usage notes

As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 갑 (gap) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also

• 시 (si, “o'clock”), 시간 (sigan, “hours”), 번 (beon, “times”), 살 (sal, “years”), 사람 (saram, “people”), 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”), 마리 (mari, “animals”), 권 (gwon, “volumes”), 채 (chae, “houses”)

Noun

갑 (gap)

1. box; case

Derived terms

• 담배갑 (dambaegap, “cigarette case”)
• 성냥갑 (seongnyanggap, “match box”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 岬 (“cape, promontory, headland”) .

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 匣, 岬, 甲, 胛, 鉀, 閘, 韐

Noun

갑 (gap)

1. cape, headland

Synonyms

• 곶 (got)