곡

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [곡]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gog
McCune–Reischauer?	kok
Yale Romanization?	kok

Etymology 1

고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻
계 ←	→ 과

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 곡 • (gok)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅗ, and ㄱ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 谷

Noun

곡 • (gok) (hanja 谷)

1. valley

Derived terms

• 계곡 (溪谷, gyegok)
• 협곡 (峽谷, hyeopgok)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

곡 (gok)

1. 谷: valley

   (eumhun reading: 골짜기 곡 (goljjagi gok))
   (MC reading: 谷 (MC kuwk|luwk|yowk))

2. 曲:

   (MC reading: 曲 (MC khjowk))

3. 穀:

   (MC reading: 穀 (MC kuwk))

4. 哭:

   (MC reading: 哭 (MC khuwk))

5. 斛:

   (MC reading: 斛 (MC huwk))

6. 梏:

   (MC reading: 梏 (MC kowk|kaewk))

7. 鵠:

   (MC reading: 鵠 (MC howk))

8. 嚳:

   (MC reading: 嚳 (MC khowk))

9. 槲:

   (MC reading: 槲 (MC huwk))

10. 縠:

    (MC reading: 縠 (MC huwk))

11. 觳:

    (MC reading: 觳 (MC huwk|khaewk))

12. 轂:

    (MC reading: 轂 (MC kuwk))

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]