갑

갑 U+AC11, 갑 HANGUL SYLLABLE GAB Composition: ㄱ + ㅏ + ㅂ ← 감 [U+AC10] Hangul Syllables 값 → [U+AC12]

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	→ 개

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [갑]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gab
McCune–Reischauer?	kap
Yale Romanization?	kap

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 甲 (“armor, shell; the first of the ten heavenly stems”)

Noun

갑 • (gap)

1. armor; shell
2. the first of the ten heavenly stems

Coordinate terms

Chinese heavenly stems: 천간 (cheon'gan)edit

• 갑 (gap)
• 을 (eul)
• 병 (byeong)
• 정 (jeong)
• 무 (mu)
• 기 (gi)
• 경 (gyeong)
• 신 (sin)
• 임 (im)
• 계 (gye)

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”)
  • 철갑상어알 (cheolgapsang'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”)
  • 철갑상어 (鐵甲沙魚, cheolgapsang'eo, “Chinese sturgeon”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 匣 (“small box, case, coffer”)

Counter

갑 • (gap)

1. 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)

1. box; case, carton

Derived terms

• 담배갑 (dambaegap, “cigarette case”)
• 성냥갑 (seongnyanggap, “matchbox”)
• 장갑 (掌匣, janggap, “glove”)
• 종이갑 (jong'igap, “carton”)
• 지갑 (紙匣, jigap, “wallet; purse”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 岬 (“cape, promontory, headland”)

Noun

갑 • (gap)

1. (geography) cape; headland

Synonyms

• 곶 (got)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

갑 • (gap)

1. 鉀:

   (MC reading: 鉀 (MC kap|kaep))

2. 胛:

   (MC reading: 胛 (MC kaep))

3. 閘:

   (MC reading: 閘 (MC kap|'aep))

4. 韐: leather pants

   (eumhun reading: 가죽바지 갑 (gajukbaji gap))
   (MC reading: 韐 (MC kop|keap))