굴

Korean

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

구국굮굯군굱굲 굳굴굵굶굷굸굹 굺굻굼굽굾굿궀 궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←	→ 궈

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 굴 • (gul)

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

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 窟 (“cave”)

Noun

굴 • (gul) (hanja 窟)

1. cave
2. tunnel
3. den

Derived terms

• 동굴 (洞窟, donggul)
• 빈민굴 (貧民窟, binmin'gul)
• 소굴 (巢窟, sogul)

 

See also

• 골 (gol)
• 구덩이 (gudeong'i)
• 구렁 (gureong)
• 구멍 (gumeong)

 

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

굴 (gul)

1. 屈:

   (MC reading: 屈 (MC kjut|khjut))

2. 窟:

   (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))

9. 厥:

   (MC reading: 厥 (MC kjut))

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]