결

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결 U+ACB0, 결
HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEOL
Composition:ㄱ + ㅕ + ㄹ
← 겯
 		Hangul Syllables 겱 →
겨격겪겫견겭겮
겯결겱겲겳겴겵
겶겷겸겹겺겻겼
경겾겿곀곁곂곃
게 ←→ 계

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gyeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gyeol
McCune–Reischauer?kyŏl
Yale Romanization?kyel

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

결 • (gyeol)

  1. layer, ply, texture (as of textile, wood, annual ring, wave, breath, temperament, etc.)
  2. verge, vicinity, chance, opportunity, moment (as of wind, sleep, dream, etc.)
    바람결에 피리 소리가 들렸다.
    baram-gyeor-e piri sori-ga deullyeotda.
    I heard a flute sound riding on the wind.
    잠결에 누가 우는 소리를 들었다.
    jam-gyeor-e nuga uneun sori-reul deureotda.
    While sleeping, I heard someone crying.
    어느결에 한 달이 지났다.
    eoneugyeor-e han dar-i jinatda.
    A month has passed unknowingly.
  3. (obsolete) wave
Synonyms
  • (layer, ply): 켜 (kyeo)
  • (time, moment, duration): 때 (ttae), 참 (cham)
  • (duration, interval): 동안 (dong'an), 사이 (sai)
Derived terms
layer, ply, texture
  • 나무결 (namugyeol, “wood texture, annual ring”)
  • 물결 (mulgyeol, “wave, surf, ripple”)
  • 비단결 (bidan'gyeol, “fine texture of or like silk”)
  • 성(性)결 (seonggyeol, “temperament”)
  • 숨결 (sumgyeol, “state of breath”)
  • 한결 (han'gyeol, “uniformity; (adverbial) one layer, level, step (higher or better)”)
verge, duration, moment
See also

Etymology 2

From 겨울 (gyeoul).

Noun

결 • (gyeol)

  1. Contraction of 겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 結 (“to connect; to form; to bind”)

Noun

결 • (gyeol) (hanja 結)

  1. connection; formation
Derived terms
See also
  • 맺다 (maetda, “to bear, yield, produce; to tie, knot”)
  • 엉기다 (eonggida, “to coagulate, congeal, condensate”)
  • 끝맺다 (kkeunmaetda, “to conclude”)
  • 마치다 (machida, “to conclude”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

결 (gyeol)

  1. 決: to decide; to determine; to judge
    (eumhun reading: 결단할 결 (gyeoldanhal gyeol))
    (MC reading: 決 (MC xwet|kwet))
  2. 潔: clean; pure
    (eumhun reading: 깨끗할 결 (kkaekkeuthal gyeol))
    (MC reading: 潔 (MC ket))
  3. 缺: lack; deficit
    (eumhun reading: 이지러질 결 (ijireojil gyeol))
    (MC reading: 缺 (MC khwet|khjwiet))
  4. 訣:
    (MC reading: 訣 (MC kwet))
  5. 抉:
    (MC reading: 抉 (MC kwet|'wet))
  6. 㛃:
    (MC reading: 㛃)
  7. 焆:
    (MC reading: 焆 (MC kwen|'wet|'jet))
  8. 迼:
    (MC reading: 迼)
  9. 玦:
    (MC reading: 玦 (MC kwet))
  10. 鍥:
    (MC reading: 鍥 (MC ket|khet))
  11. 觖:
    (MC reading: 觖 (MC khjwieH|kwet))
  12. 闋:
    (MC reading: 闋 (MC khwet))
  13. 㓗: Alternative form of 潔
    (MC reading: 㓗)

References

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