U+ACF6, 곶
HANGUL SYLLABLE GOJ
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계 ←→ 과

Korean

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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(got) (hanja )

  1. cape; headland

Trivia

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  • The reading of as got is one of the rare cases of a (hun, semantic) reading of hanja surviving in modern Korean.

Middle Korean

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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