골

Korean

Etymology 1

고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻
계 ←	→ 과

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 골 • (gol)

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

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [골]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gol
McCune–Reischauer?	kol
Yale Romanization?	kol

Noun

골 • (gol)

1. gorge, gully, valley, alley
2. ditch, drain, furrow
3. cave, hole, hollow
4. core, mold, gist
5. anger
6. (고리 gori) ring
7. (고을 go-eul) village

Derived terms

• 골목 (golmok): alley, bottleneck
• 골짜기 (goljjagi): dale, vale, valley, gully, gullet, gorge
• 골풀무 (golpulmu): foot bellows (dugout in the ground)
• 산골 (san'gol): dale, vale, valley (in mountainous districts)
• 해골 (haegol): skeleton

Etymology 3

from English goal.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈o̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [꼴]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gol
McCune–Reischauer?	kol
Yale Romanization?	qkol

Noun

골 • (gol)

1. (sports) goal

Derived terms

• 골인 (gorin)
• 골키퍼 (golkipeo)

Etymology 4

From Sino-Korean word from 骨

1748, (deprecated template usage) 《동문유해》 상:14

頭腦 마리ㅅ골

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [골]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gol
McCune–Reischauer?	kol
Yale Romanization?	kol

Noun

골 • (gol) (hanja 骨)

1. bone, skeleton

Synonyms

• 뼈 (ppyeo)

Derived terms

• 음경골 (陰莖骨, eumgyeonggol, “baculum”)