목적

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 目的, from (eye) + (target), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 目的(もくてき) (mokuteki).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?mokjeok
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogjeog
    McCune–Reischauer?mokchŏk
    Yale Romanization?mokcek

    Noun

    목적 • (mokjeok) (hanja 目的)

    1. a goal; an objective
      많은 사람 하나 목적 가지고 모여서 여는 집회
      maneun saram-deur-i hana-ui mokjeog-eul gajigo moyeoseo yeoneun jiphoe
      a demonstration held by many people with one goal
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 牧笛, from (shepherd) + (flute).

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?mokjeok
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogjeog
      McCune–Reischauer?mokchŏk
      Yale Romanization?mokcek

      Noun

      목적 • (mokjeok) (hanja 牧笛)

      1. (dated, literary) a pipe instrument played by a shepherd
        • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:
          ()()()()ᄒᆞ니 滿()()()()()ㅣ로다 / ()()()()()()()에부쳐시니 / ()()에지나ᄂᆞᆫ()이눈물계워ᄒᆞ노라
          Heungmang-i yusu-hani Manwoldae-do chucho-iroda / Obaengnyeon wang'eob-i mokjeog-e buchyeosini / Seogyang-e jinaneun gaeg-i nunmul gyeweo hanora
          Rise and fall is preordained; the Manwoldae is autumn grass. / Five hundred years of royal works, hanging on a shepherd's pipe / The wanderer, passing in the setting sun, is brought to tears.