목적

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 目的, from 目 (“eye”) + 的 (“target”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 目的(もくてき) (mokuteki).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mokjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogjeog
McCune–Reischauer?mokchŏk
Yale Romanization?mokcek

Noun

목적 • (mokjeok) (hanja 目的)

  1. a goal; an objective
    많은 사람들이 하나의 목적을 가지고 모여서 여는 집회
    maneun saram-deur-i hana-ui mokjeog-eul gajigo moyeoseo yeoneun jiphoe
    a demonstration held by many people with one goal
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 牧笛, from 牧 (“shepherd”) + 笛 (“flute”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mokjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogjeog
McCune–Reischauer?mokchŏk
Yale Romanization?mokcek

Noun

목적 • (mokjeok) (hanja 牧笛)

  1. (dated, literary) a pipe instrument played by a shepherd
    • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:
      興(흥)亡(망)이有(유)數(수)ᄒᆞ니 滿(만)月(월)臺(대)도秋(추)草(초)ㅣ로다 / 五(오)百(백)年(년)王(왕)業(업)이牧(목)笛(적)에부쳐시니 / 夕(석)陽(양)에지나ᄂᆞᆫ客(객)이눈물계워ᄒᆞ노라
      Heungmang-i yusu-hani Manwoldae-do chucho-iroda / Obaengnyeon wang'eob-i mokjeog-e buchyeosini / Seogyang-e jinaneun gaeg-i nunmul gyeweo hanora
      Rise and fall is preordained; the Manwoldae is autumn grass. / Five hundred years of royal works, hanging on a shepherd's pipe / The wanderer, passing in the setting sun, is brought to tears.
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