굴

굴 U+AD74, 굴 HANGUL SYLLABLE GUL Composition: ㄱ + ㅜ + ㄹ ← 굳 [U+AD73] Hangul Syllables 굵 → [U+AD75]

구국굮굯군굱굲 굳굴굵굶굷굸굹 굺굻굼굽굾굿궀 궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←	→ 궈

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 窟 (“cave”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku(ː)ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [굴(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gul
McCune–Reischauer?	kul
Yale Romanization?	kwūl

Noun

굴 • (gul) (hanja 窟)

1. cave
2. tunnel
3. den
4. burrow

Derived terms

• 개미굴 (gaemigul)
• 굴길 (gulgil)
• 굴방(窟房) (gulbang)
• 굴속 (gulsok)
• 굴집 (guljip)
• 굴혈(窟穴) (gulhyeol)
• 눈굴 (nun'gul)
• 동굴(洞窟) (donggul)
• 땅굴 (ttanggul)
• 마굴(魔窟) (magul)
• 마귀굴(魔鬼窟) (magwigul)
• 범굴 (beomgul)
• 빈민굴(貧民窟) (binmin'gul)
• 산굴(山窟) (san'gul)
• 석굴(石窟) (seokgul)
• 선굴(仙窟) (seon'gul)
• 소굴(巢窟) (sogul)
• 탄광굴(炭鑛窟) (tan'gwanggul)
• 탄굴(炭窟) (tan'gul)
• 토굴(土窟) (togul)
• 토끼굴 (tokkigul)

Etymology 2

굴 (gul, “oyster”).

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 굴〮 (Yale: kwúl).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [굴]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gul
McCune–Reischauer?	kul
Yale Romanization?	kwul

Noun

굴 • (gul)

1. oyster

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

굴 • (gul)

More information

1. 屈: bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch

   (eumhun reading: 굽을 굴 (gubeul gul))
   (MC reading: 屈 (MC kjut|khjut))

2. 窟: cave; hole

   (eumhun reading: 굴 굴 (gul gul))
   (MC reading: 窟 (MC khwot))

3. 堀:

   (MC reading: 堀 (MC gjut|khwot))

4. 掘:

   (MC reading: 掘 (MC gjut))

5. 倔:

   (MC reading: 倔 (MC gjut))

6. 崛:

   (MC reading: 崛 (MC gjut))

7. 淈:

   (MC reading: 淈 (MC kwot))

8. 詘:

   (MC reading: 詘 (MC khjut))