크다

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 黑根 (Yale: *hùkú-n), reflecting the realis gerundive form with Old Korean 隱 (*-n). Hence the Old Korean verbal stem would have been *hùkú-. Beyond Old Korean, also connected to Baekje 鞬 (*ke-n).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 크〮다〮 (Yale: khútá).

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크다 • (keuda) (infinitive 커, sequential 크니)

1. to be big, large (both physical and figurative)

   Antonym: 작다 (jakda)

   큰 문제 ― keun munje ― big problem

   키가 크다 ― kiga keuda ― He is tall (literally, “His height is large”)

2. to be great

   Synonyms: 훌륭하다 (hullyunghada), 위대하다 (widaehada)

   큰 사람 ― keun saram ― a great person

3. (of a specific sound) to be loud

   Synonym: 시끄럽다 (sikkeureopda)

   Antonym: 작다 (jakda)

크다 • (keuda) (infinitive 커, sequential 크니) (intransitive)

1. to grow; to get bigger

   Synonym: 자라다 (jarada)

2. (of a child) to grow up, to become an adult

   Synonyms: 자라다 (jarada), 어른이 되다 (eoreun-i doeda)

• 大 (dae), the hanja for largeness
• 太 (tae), another hanja for largeness

From Old Korean *hùkú; see the modern Korean 크다 (keuda) entry for more.

• IPA^(key): /kʰɨ́.tá/,

크〮다〮 (khútá) (infinitive 커〮, sequential 크〮니〮) (intransitive)

1. to grow, to get bigger; to be big

   Synonym: 하다〮 (hàtá)

   Antonym: 쟉〯다〮 (cyǎktá)

2. to become great; to be great

Typically used adjectivally in the past tense, i.e. "which has gotten bigger" > "which is big".

31=크〮가〮
32=khúká
47=크〮ᅀᆞᆸ〯건
48=khúzǒpkèn
51=크〮ᅀᆞᆸ〯건〮
52=khúzǒpkén

• Korean: 크다 (keuda)