갈

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See also: 갈-, and 걸
갈 U+AC08, 갈
HANGUL SYLLABLE GAL
Composition:ㄱ + ㅏ + ㄹ
← 갇
 		Hangul Syllables 갉 →
가각갂갃간갅갆
갇갈갉갊갋갌갍
갎갏감갑값갓갔
강갖갗갘같갚갛
→ 개

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆯ.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gal
McCune–Reischauer?kal
Yale Romanization?kal

Noun

갈 • (gal)

  1. common reed

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

갈 • (gal)

  1. short form of 가을

Etymology 3

Related to 갈래, 가래, 가락 and other words of the same root.

Noun

갈 • (gal)

  1. a fork of a forked tenon
  2. science, study, -ics, -ology, a theory, a doctrine
    1. hanja forms: 학 (學), 론 (論)

Etymology 4

Syllable

갈 (gal)

  1. 乫: used for names of lands
    (eumhun reading: 땅 이름 갈 (ttang ireum gal))
    (MC reading: 乫)
  2. 喝: rebuke
    (eumhun reading: 꾸짖을 갈 (kkujijeul gal))
    (MC reading: 喝 (MC 'aejH|xat))
  3. 曷: how
    (eumhun reading: 어찌 갈 (eojji gal))
    (MC reading: 曷 (MC hat))
  4. 渴: thirsty
    (eumhun reading: 목마를 갈 (mongmareul gal))
    (MC reading: 渴 (MC khat|gjet))
  5. 碣: stone tablet
    (eumhun reading: 비 갈 (bi gal))
    (MC reading: 碣 (MC gjot|gjet))
  6. 竭: exert
    (eumhun reading: 다할 갈 (dahal gal))
    (MC reading: 竭 (MC gjot|gjet))
  7. 葛: arrowroot
    (eumhun reading: 칡 갈 (chik gal))
    (MC reading: 葛 (MC kat))
  8. 褐: hemp clothing
    (eumhun reading: 베옷 갈 (be'ot gal))
    (MC reading: 褐 (MC hat))
  9. 蝎: message
    (eumhun reading: 전갈 갈 (jeon'gal gal))
    (MC reading: 蝎 (MC hat))
  10. 鞨: Mohe
    (eumhun reading: 말갈 갈 (malgal gal))
    (MC reading: 鞨 (MC hat|zyet))
  11. 秸: rice straw
    (eumhun reading: 볏짚 갈 (byeotjip gal))
    (MC reading: 秸 (MC keat))
  12. 蠍: message
    (eumhun reading: 전갈 갈 (jeon'gal gal))
    (MC reading: 蠍 (MC xjot))
  13. 鶡: crossbill
    (MC reading: 鶡 (MC hat))
  14. 噶: onomatopoeic syllable
    (MC reading: 噶)
  15. 楬: posted sign
    (MC reading: 楬 (MC gjot|khaet|gjet))
  16. 羯: castrated ram
    (MC reading: 羯 (MC kjot))

Etymology 5

Inflected form

Verb

갈 • (gal)

  1. Future adnominal form of 가다 (gada, “to go”), thus often "who/that will go"
    서울로 갈 사람
    Seoullo gal saram
    someone who will go to Seoul
  2. Future adnominal form of 갈다 (galda, “to change, grind, or cultivate”)
    밭을 갈 때
    bateul gal ttae
    when plowing the field
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