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
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]‎
  • 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
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