꽃

꽃 U+AF43, 꽃 HANGUL SYLLABLE GGOC Composition: ㄲ + ㅗ + ㅊ ← 꽂 [U+AF42] Hangul Syllables 꽄 → [U+AF44]

꼬꼭꼮꼯꼰꼱꼲 꼳꼴꼵꼶꼷꼸꼹 꼺꼻꼼꼽꼾꼿꽀 꽁꽂꽃꽄꽅꽆꽇
꼐 ←	→ 꽈

Korean

Etymology

First attested as Late Old Korean 骨 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)^[1], 1103, from perhaps Proto-Koreanic *kwoco to explain the unusual low pitch on a monosyllabic noun; see Appendix:Koreanic reconstructions for more.

In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곶 (Yale: kwòc).

The change to a tense consonant initial occurred as this word ("flower") was frequently used as the second part of a compound noun denoting a specific flower (e.g. 연꽃 (yeonkkot)), in which the connecting genitive -ㅅ- (-s-) formed a "-sk-" medial cluster with koc, which developed into "-kk-" in Modern Korean. This development in compound nouns was generalised to koc as well. A similar change occured in the Korean word 뿌리 (root).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈o̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [꼳]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkoch
McCune–Reischauer?	kkot
Yale Romanization?	kkoch

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 꽃의 / 꽃에 / 꽃까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

꽃 여러 개.

꽃 • (kkot) (counter 송이)

1. (botany) flower; flowering plant

   꽃이 핀다. ― Kkochi pinda. ― Flowers bloom.

   꽃 한 송이 ― kkot han song'i ― a flower / one flower

   꽃 한 다발 ― kkot han dabal ― a bunch of flowers

2. (figuratively) prime; central part; essence

Derived terms

• 꽃가루 (kkotgaru)
• 꽃가지 (kkotgaji)
• 꽃구경 (kkotgugyeong)
• 꽃구름 (kkotgureum)
• 꽃길 (kkotgil)
• 꽃꽂이 (kkotkkoji)
• 꽃나무 (kkonnamu)
• 꽃놀이 (kkonnori)
• 꽃다발 (kkotdabal)
• 꽃말 (kkonmal)
• 꽃망울 (kkonmang'ul)
• 꽃뱀 (kkotbaem)
• 꽃병 (kkotbyeong)
• 꽃봉오리 (kkotbong'ori)
• 꽃샘 (kkotsaem)
• 꽃실 (kkotsil)
• 꽃씨 (kkotssi)
• 꽃잎 (kkochip)
• 꽃집 (kkotjip)
• 꽃차례 (kkotcharye)
• 꽃향기 (kkothyanggi)
• 눈꽃 (nunkkot)
• 웃음꽃 (useumkkot)

See also

• 花 (hwa), the hanja for "flower"