곧

곧 U+ACE7, 곧
HANGUL SYLLABLE GOD
Composition:ㄱ + ㅗ + ㄷ
← 곦
[U+ACE6] 		Hangul Syllables 골 →
[U+ACE8]
고곡곢곣곤곥곦
곧골곩곪곫곬곭
곮곯곰곱곲곳곴
공곶곷곸곹곺곻
계 ←→ 과

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곧 (Yale: kwot).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞t̚]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [곧]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?got
Revised Romanization (translit.)?god
McCune–Reischauer?kot
Yale Romanization?kot

Adverb

곧 • (got)

  1. soon, at once, immediately, shortly, straightway
    곧 야구 경기가 시작된다.
    got yagu gyeonggiga sijakdoenda.
    The baseball match will begin shortly.
  2. easily, readily
  3. namely, that is, i.e., viz.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 곧이곧대로 (gojigotdaero, “just as it is”)
  • 곧이듣다 (gojideutda, “to swallow a story”)
  • 곧잘 (gotjal, “pretty well; readily”)
  • 곧장 (gotjang, “directly”)
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