곶

곶 U ACF6, 곶 HANGUL SYLLABLE GOJ Composition: ㄱ ㅗ ㅈ ← 공 [U ACF5] Hangul Syllables 곷 → [U ACF7]

고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻
계 ←	→ 과

Korean

Etymology

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [곧]

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

Noun

곶 • (got) (hanja 串)

1. cape; headland

Trivia

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

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòt͡s/, [kòs̚]

Noun

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

1. flower; flowering plant

Descendants

• Korean: 꽃 (kkot)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kót͡s/, [kós̚]

Noun

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

1. skewer (e.g. for meat)
2. cape; headland

Derived terms

• 솔〯옷〮 (swǒlGwós, “awl”)

 

Descendants

• Korean: 곶 (got)
• ⇒ Korean: 꼬치 (kkochi)