코

코 U+CF54, 코 HANGUL SYLLABLE KO Composition: ㅋ + ㅗ ← 콓 [U+CF53] Hangul Syllables 콕 → [U+CF55]

코콕콖콗콘콙콚 콛콜콝콞콟콠콡 콢콣콤콥콦콧콨 콩콪콫콬콭콮콯
켸 ←	→ 콰

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 곻〮 (Yale: kwóh).

코 (ko, “nose”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [코]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ko
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ko
McCune–Reischauer?	k'o
Yale Romanization?	kho

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 코의 / 코에 / 코까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

코 (ko, “a stitch”).

코 • (ko)

1. nose
2. nasal fluid
3. tip
4. a stitch in knitting
5. a knot in a net

Derived terms

• 코끼리 (kokkiri, “elephant”)
• 코쟁이 (kojaeng'i, “Westerner [pejorative]”)
• 콧물 (konmul, “nasal fluid; snot”)