gonggi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 공기 (gonggi).

Noun

gonggi (uncountable)

  1. A Korean children's game that is similar to jacks.
    • 2022, “Peace Spheres: Ecological Relationship of Self, Others, and the World”, in Building Positive Peace[1], archived from the original on 27 October 2025, page 1:
      When most kids had moved on to the next thing (e.g., marble games, gonggi play similar to Jacks, or Ddakji-chigi game similar to Pogs), his whole world was still origami.