U+AC11, 갑
HANGUL SYLLABLE GAB
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[U+AC10]
Hangul Syllables
[U+AC12]
갂갃갅갆
갊갋갌갍

갘같갚갛
→ 개

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gab
McCune–Reischauer?kap
Yale Romanization?kap

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from (armor, shell; the first of the ten heavenly stems)

    Noun

    • (gap)

    1. armor; shell
    2. the first of the ten heavenly stems
    Coordinate terms
    Chinese heavenly stems: 천간 (cheon'gan)edit
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from (small box, case, coffer)

      Counter

      • (gap)

      1. case; pack
        담배 주세요.
        Dambae han gap juseyo.
        Please give me a pack of cigarettes.
        ; 두 ; 세 ; 네 han gap; du gap; se gap; ne gapone pack; two packs; three packs; four packs
      Usage notes

      As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), (gap) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

      See also
      • (gwon, volumes)
      • 마리 (mari, animals)
      • (beon, times)
      • (bun, (honorific) people)
      • 사람 (saram, people)
      • (sal, years)
      • (si, o'clock)
      • 시간 (sigan, hours)
      • (chae, houses)

      Noun

      • (gap) (hanja )

      1. box; case, carton
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

        Sino-Korean word from (cape, promontory, headland)

        Noun

        • (gap)

        1. (geography) cape; headland
        Synonyms

        Etymology 4

        Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

        Syllable

        • (gap)

        1. :
          (MC reading: (MC kap|kaep))
        2. :
          (MC reading: (MC kaep))
        3. :
          (MC reading: (MC kap|'aep))
        4. : leather pants
          (eumhun reading: 가죽바지 (gajukbaji gap))
          (MC reading: (MC kop|keap))