궁

Korean

Etymology 1

구국굮굯군굱굲 굳굴굵굶굷굸굹 굺굻굼굽굾굿궀 궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←	→ 궈

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 궁 • (gung)

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

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 宮

Noun

궁 (gung)

1. house, residence
2. palace
3. (Chinese chess) king, palace

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 궁궐 (宮闕, gunggwol): palace
• 궁녀 (宮女, gungnyeo): lady in waiting
• 궁성 (宮城, gungseong): palace (walled, fortified)

• 궁전 (宮展/宮殿, gungjeon): palace
• 궁중 (宮中, gungjung): palace
• 궁합 (宮合, gunghap): marital harmony (as foreseen by a fortuneteller)
• 후궁 (後宮, hugung): emperor's concubine

Synonyms

• 장 (jang): king in chinese chess

Related terms

• 임금 (imgeum): king

See also

• 구무 (gumu): hole

Etymology 3

Noun

궁 • (gung) (hanja 弓)

1. bow

Synonyms

• 활 (hwal)

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 (ban'gokgung, “recurve bow”)
• 장궁 (janggung, “longbow”)
• 현대 복합궁 (hyeondae bokhapgung, “compound bow”)
• 환목궁 (hwanmokgung, “selfbow”)

See also

• 화살 (hwasal): arrow

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 窮

Noun

궁 (gung)

1. poverty
2. exhaustion
3. investigation

Derived terms

• 궁핍 (窮乏, gungpip): poverty
• 무궁 (無窮, mugung): infinity, eternity
• 궁리 (窮理, gungni): investigation