U+ACF6, 곶
HANGUL SYLLABLE GOJ
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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)