오금

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 오곰〮 (Yale: wòkwóm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞ɡɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [오금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ogeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ogeum
McCune–Reischauer?	ogŭm
Yale Romanization?	okum

Noun

오금 • (ogeum)

1. the inside corner or hollow of the knee, elbow, bow, etc.

Usage notes

• This term has a number of idiomatic uses.
  • 오금을 펴다 (ogeumeul pyeoda): to spread out the knee, to stretch the leg, (metaphorically) to become relaxed

Derived terms

• 팔오금 (parogeum): the inside corner of the elbow
• 한오금 (hanogeum): the big inside curves of the Korean bow.

Related terms

• 옥- (ok-) (og-) bent, crooked
  • 옥니 (ongni): inturned tooth; compare 어금니 (eogeumni, “molar, wangtooth”)
• 옥다 (okda): to be bent, crooked
• 오그리다 (ogeurida): to bend, crook
• 무릎 (mureup): knee; lap
• 팔꿈치 (palkkumchi): elbow

See also

• 구석 (guseok)
• 굽 (gup)
• 굿 (gut)
• 귀 (gwi)
• 귀퉁이 (gwitung'i)
• 모 (mo)
• 모서리 (moseori)
• 모퉁이 (motung'i)
• 목 (mok)
• 골목 (golmok)
• 괵 (膕, goek) (eumhun 오금 괵)
• 각 (角, gak)
• 곡 (曲, gok)
• 굴 (窟, gul)
• 굴 (屈, gul)
• 궁 (弓, gung)
• 궁 (穹, gung)
• 궁 (宮, gung)

References

• 오금 at Naver Dictionary