곳

See also: -곳

곳 U+ACF3, 곳 HANGUL SYLLABLE GOS Composition: ㄱ + ㅗ + ㅅ ← 곲 [U+ACF2] Hangul Syllables 곴 → [U+ACF4]

고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻
계 ←	→ 과

Korean

Etymology

갈아타는 곳

garataneun got

place to transfer

나가는 곳

naganeun got

place to exit

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곧 (Yale: kwot). Perhaps from the same root as 골 (gol, “village”), as well as 거리 (geori, “street”). Possibly cognate with the Manchu ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (gurun, “country”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [곧]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	got
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gos
McCune–Reischauer?	kot
Yale Romanization?	kos

Noun

곳 • (got)

1. place

   Synonym: 장소(場所) (jangso)

Usage notes

• In South Korea, there is an ongoing government-pushed movement to phase out established Sino-Korean words like 출구 (出口, chulgu, “exit”) or 환승 (換乘, hwanseung, “transfer”) in public signage with collocations using 곳 (got) such as 나가는 곳 (naganeun got, literally “leaving place”) or 갈아타는 곳 (garataneun got, literally “vehicle-switching place”), motivated by a nationalist ideology of linguistic purism. However, this has not caught on very much.

Derived terms

• 곳곳 (gotgot)
• 곳곳이 (gotgosi)

 

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 4 (last accessed)) “곳 [got]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• Choe, Jong-du (최종두), ed. (2005) “곳 [got]”, in 새국어사전 [saegugeosajeon], Seoul: Isangsa, page 62
• Lee, Ju Haeng (이주행) with Lee Kyu Hang (이규항), Kim Sang Jun (김상준) (2004) “곳 [got]”, in 한국어 발음사전 [han'gugeo bareumsajeon, Korean Pronouncing Dictionary], Seoul: Jigu Publishing, →ISBN, page 85
• Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000) “곳 [got]”, in 國(국)語(어)語(어)源(원)辭(사)典(전), Seoul: Bogosa Books, page 71