목적

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목쩍]

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

• 목적지 (目的地, mokjeokji, “destination”)
• 목적하다 (目的—, mokjeokhada)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞k̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [목쩍]

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):

     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.