곧
Korean
Etymology 1
| 고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻 | |
| 계 ← | → 과 |
|---|---|
Syllable
(deprecated template usage) 곧 • (got)
- (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅗ, and ㄷ.
Etymology 2
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곧 (Yale: kot).
Adverb
곧 • (got)
- soon, at once, immediately, shortly, straightway
- 곧 야구 경기가 시작된다.
- got yagu gyeonggiga sijakdoenda.
- The baseball match will begin shortly.
- easily, readily
- namely, that is, i.e., viz.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 곧이곧대로 (gojigotdaero, “just as it is”)
- 곧이듣다 (gojideutda, “to swallow a story”)
- 곧잘 (gotjal, “pretty well; readily”)
- 곧장 (gotjang, “directly”)