골

골	U+ACE8, 골 HANGUL SYLLABLE GOL

Composition:

ㄱ + ㅗ + ㄹ

← 곧
[U+ACE7]

Hangul Syllables

곩 →
[U+ACE9]

계 ←	→ 과
고 곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰 곱곲곳곴 공 곶곷곸곹곺곻

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 골〯 (Yale: kwǒl). The rising pitch implies an earlier bisyllabic origin.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞(ː)ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [골(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gol
McCune–Reischauer^?	kol
Yale Romanization^?	kōl

Noun

골 • (gol)

gorge; gully; valley; alley
ditch; drain; furrow
cave; hole; hollow
(figurative) division, discord
양국 간 의 골이 깊어 지다
yangguk gan-ui gor-i gipeojida
the discord between the two countries becomes more severe

Derived terms

idioms

골로 가다 (gollo gada, “to die; to croak; to be doomed”)
골로 보내다 (gollo bonaeda, “to kill”)

nouns

고랑 (gorang)
골목 (golmok, “alley, alleyway”)
골짜기 (goljjagi, “valley, vale, ravine”)
골풀무 (golpulmu, “foot bellows (dugout in the ground)”)
산골 (san'gol)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Sinjeung yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576, as Middle Korean 골 (Yale: kwol). Perhaps ultimately cognate with Sino-Korean 골(骨) (gol).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [골]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gol
McCune–Reischauer^?	kol
Yale Romanization^?	kol

Noun

골 • (gol)

bone marrow
Synonyms: 뼛골 (ppyeotgol), 뼛속 (ppyeotsok)
brain
Synonyms: (Sino-Korean) 뇌(腦) (noe), 머릿골 (meoritgol)

Derived terms

머릿골 (meoritgol, “brain”)
뼛골 (ppyeotgol, “bone marrow”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 骨, from the Middle Korean reading 골〮 (Yale: kwól).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [골]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gol
McCune–Reischauer^?	kol
Yale Romanization^?	kol

Noun

골 • (gol) (hanja 骨)

bone
Synonym: (native Korean) 뼈 (ppyeo)
(historical) bone-rank system

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 骨 for Sino-Korean compounds of 골 (骨, gol).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈o̞ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [꼴]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gol
McCune–Reischauer^?	kol
Yale Romanization^?	qkol

Noun

골 • (gol)

(sports) goal
골을 득점하다
gor-eul deukjeomhada
to score a goal

Derived terms

골인 (gorin)
골킥 (golkik, “goal kick”)
골포스트 (golposeuteu, “goalpost”)
동점골 (dongjeomgol, “equalizer”)
멀티골 (meoltigol)
선제골 (seonjegol, “opening goal”)
선취골 (seonchwigol, “opening goal”)
자살골 (jasalgol, “own goal”)
자책골 (jachaekgol, “own goal”)

Etymology 5

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [골]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gol
McCune–Reischauer^?	kol
Yale Romanization^?	kol

Numeral

골 • (gol)

ten thousand

Middle Korean

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Nivkh *krə ("cliff or promontory")

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kǒl/

Noun

골〯 (kwǒl)

Descendants

Korean: 골 (gol)