궁

궁 U+AD81, 궁 HANGUL SYLLABLE GUNG Composition: ㄱ + ㅜ + ㅇ ← 궀 [U+AD80] Hangul Syllables 궂 → [U+AD82]

구국굮굯군굱굲 굳굴굵굶굷굸굹 굺굻굼굽굾굿궀 궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←	→ 궈

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 宮 (“palace”).

Noun

궁 • (gung) (hanja 宮)

1. house, residence
2. palace
3. (xiangqi) king, palace

Synonyms

• 장 (jang, “king in Chinese chess”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 궁궐(宮闕) (gunggwol, “palace”)
• 궁녀(宮女) (gungnyeo, “lady-in-waiting”)
• 궁성(宮城) (gungseong, “palace”)
• 궁전(宮殿) (gungjeon, “palace”)
• 궁중(宮中) (gungjung, “palace”)
• 궁합(宮合) (gunghap, “marital harmony”)
• 후궁(後宮) (hugung, “emperor's concubine”)

Related terms

• 임금 (imgeum, “king”)

See also

• 구무 (gumu, “hole”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 弓 (“bow”).

Noun

궁 • (gung) (hanja 弓)

1. bow

Synonyms

• (Native Korean): 활 (hwal, “bow”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 궁도(弓道) (gungdo, “archery”)
• 궁수(弓手) (gungsu, “archer”)
• 궁술(弓術) (gungsul, “archery”)
• 궁시(弓矢) (gungsi, “bow and arrow”)
• 궁형(弓形) (gunghyeong, “arch-shaped”)
• 궁형(穹形) (gunghyeong, “vault, dome-shaped”)
• 반곡궁(反曲弓) (ban'gokgung, “recurve bow”)
• 장궁(長弓) (janggung, “longbow”)
• 현대 복합궁(現代複合弓) (hyeondae bokhapgung, “compound bow”)
• 환목궁(丸木弓) (hwanmokgung, “selfbow”)

See also

• 화살 (hwasal, “arrow”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 窮 (“exhaust, impoverished, thoroughly investigate”).

Noun

궁 • (gung) (hanja 窮)

1. poverty
2. exhaustion
3. investigation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 궁핍(窮乏) (gungpip, “poverty”)
• 무궁(無窮) (mugung, “infinity, eternity”)
• 궁리(窮理) (gungni, “deliberation”)