굴

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굴 U+AD74, 굴
HANGUL SYLLABLE GUL
Composition:ㄱ + ㅜ + ㄹ
← 굳
 		Hangul Syllables 굵 →
구국굮굯군굱굲
굳굴굵굶굷굸굹
굺굻굼굽굾굿궀
궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←→ 궈

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 窟 (“cave”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gul
McCune–Reischauer?kul
Yale Romanization?kwūl

Noun

굴 • (gul) (hanja 窟)

  1. cave
  2. tunnel
  3. den
  4. burrow
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

굴 (gul, “oyster”).

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

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gul
McCune–Reischauer?kul
Yale Romanization?kwul

Noun

굴 • (gul)

  1. oyster

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

굴 (gul)

More information
  1. 屈: bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch
    (eumhun reading: 굽을 굴 (gubeul gul))
    (MC reading: 屈 (MC kjut|khjut))
  2. 窟: cave; hole
    (eumhun reading: 굴 굴 (gul gul))
    (MC reading: 窟 (MC khwot))
  3. 堀:
    (MC reading: 堀 (MC gjut|khwot))
  4. 掘:
    (MC reading: 掘 (MC gjut))
  5. 倔:
    (MC reading: 倔 (MC gjut))
  6. 崛:
    (MC reading: 崛 (MC gjut))
  7. 淈:
    (MC reading: 淈 (MC kwot))
  8. 詘:
    (MC reading: 詘 (MC khjut))
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