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Korean
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | gap |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gab |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kap |
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| Yale Romanization? | kap |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 甲 (“armor, shell; the first of the ten heavenly stems”)
Noun
갑 • (gap)
- armor; shell
- the first of the ten heavenly stems
Coordinate terms
one of ten heavenly stems
- 을 (乙, eul, “second”)
- 병 (丙, byeong, “third”)
- 정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)
- 무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
- 기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
- 경 (庚, gyeong, “seventh”)
- 신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
- 임 (壬, im, “ninth”)
- 계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)
Derived terms
- 갑각 (甲殼, gapgak, “shell, crust”)
- 갑골문자 (甲骨文字, gapgolmunja, “oracle bone script”)
- 갑론을박 (甲論乙駁, gamnoneulbak, “conjecture and refutation”)
- 갑부 (甲富, gapbu, “millionaire”)
- 갑상선 (甲狀腺, gapsangseon, “thyroid gland”)
- 갑상어알 (gapsang'eoal, “caviar”)
- 갑옷 (甲옷, gabot, “armor”)
- 갑충 (甲蟲, gapchung, “beetle”)
- 갑판 (甲板, gap'pan, “deck”)
- 귀갑 (龜甲, gwigap, “turtleback”)
- 장갑 (掌甲, janggap, “glove”)
- 천산갑 (穿山甲, cheonsan'gap, “pangolin”)
- 철갑 (鐵甲, cheolgap, “ironclad”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 匣 (“small box, case, coffer”)
Counter
갑 • (gap)
- case; pack
담배 한 갑 주세요.- Dambae han gap juseyo.
- Please give me a pack of cigarettes.
- 한 갑; 두 갑; 세 갑; 네 갑 ― han gap; du gap; se gap; ne gap ― one pack; two packs; three packs; four packs
Usage notes
As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 갑 (gap) is preceded by native Korean numerals.
See also
- 권 (gwon, “volumes”)
- 마리 (mari, “animals”)
- 번 (beon, “times”)
- 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”)
- 사람 (saram, “people”)
- 살 (sal, “years”)
- 시 (si, “o'clock”)
- 시간 (sigan, “hours”)
- 채 (chae, “houses”)
Noun
갑 • (gap) (hanja 匣)
- box; case, carton
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 岬 (“cape, promontory, headland”)
Noun
갑 • (gap)
- (geography) cape; headland
Synonyms
Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
갑 • (gap)
- 鉀:
- (MC reading: 鉀 (MC kap|kaep))
- 胛:
- (MC reading: 胛 (MC kaep))
- 閘:
- (MC reading: 閘 (MC kap|'aep))
- 韐: leather pants
- (eumhun reading: 가죽바지 갑 (gajukbaji gap))
(MC reading: 韐 (MC kop|keap))