것

것 U+AC83, 것
HANGUL SYLLABLE GEOS
Composition:ㄱ + ㅓ + ㅅ
Dubeolsik input:r-j-t
← 겂
[U+AC82] 		Hangul Syllables 겄 →
[U+AC84]

Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[kʌ̹t̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[걷]
Revised Romanization? geot
Revised Romanization (translit.)? geos
McCune–Reischauer? kŏt
Yale Romanization? kes
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Etymology 1

거걱걲걳건걵걶
걷걸걹걺걻걼걽
걾걿검겁겂것겄
겅겆겇겈겉겊겋
걔 ←→ 게

Syllable

것 • (geot)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅓ, and ㅅ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 것. Compare Japanese 事 (koto, “abstract thing”), 種 (kusa, “sort, kind; cause”).

Noun

것 • (geot)

  1. A thing; an object, one (impersonal pronoun)
    비싼 것 ― bissan geot ― an expensive thing; something expensive; an (the) expensive one
  2. (used to create noun phrases) what; the thing which
    내가 원하는 것
    naega wonhaneun geot
    what I want
Derived terms
  • 거 (geo) (contraction)
  • 게 (ge) (contraction of 것이 (geosi))
  • 걸 (geol) (contraction of 것을 (geoseul))
  • 건 (geon) (contraction of 것은 (geoseun))

See also

  • 곳 (got, “place”)
  • 곧 (got, “soon, immediately”)
  • 가 (ga, “edge, side”)
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