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결

결 U+ACB0, 결 HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEOL Composition: ㄱ + ㅕ + ㄹ Dubeolsik input: r-u-f ← 겯 [U+ACAF] Hangul Syllables 겱 → [U+ACB1]

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[kjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic Hangul[결]

Revised Romanization? gyeol Revised Romanization (translit.)? gyeol McCune–Reischauer? kyŏl Yale Romanization? kyel

Etymology 1

겨격겪겫견겭겮 겯결겱겲겳겴겵 겶겷겸겹겺겻겼 경겾겿곀곁곂곃
게 ←	→ 계

Syllable

결 • (gyeol)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅕ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

결 • (gyeol)

1. layer, ply, texture (as of textile, wood, annual ring, wave, breath, temperament, etc.)
2. verge, vicinity, chance, opportunity, moment (as of wind, sleep, dream, etc.)
   • 바람결에 피리 소리가 들렸다.

     Baramgyeore piri soriga deullyeotda.

     I heard a flute sound riding on the wind.

   • 잠결에 누가 우는 소리를 들었다.

     Jamgyeore nuga uneun sorireul deureotda.

     While sleeping, I heard someone crying.

   • 어느결에 한 달이 지났다.

     Eoneugyeore han dari jinatda.

     A month has passed unknowingly.

3. (obsolete) wave

Synonyms

• (layer, ply): 켜 (kyeo)
• (time, moment, duration): 때 (ttae), 참 (cham)
• (duration, interval): 동안 (dong-an), 사이 (sai)

Derived terms

layer, ply, texture

• 나무결 (namugyeol, “wood texture, annual ring”)
• 물결 (mulgyeol, “wave, surf, ripple”)
• 비단결 (bidan-gyeol, “fine texture of or like silk”)
• 성결 (性결, seonggyeol, “temperament”)
• 숨결 (sumgyeol, “state of breath”)
• 한결 (han-gyeol, “uniformity; (adverbial) one layer, level, step (higher or better)”)

 

verge, duration, moment

• 꿈결 (kkumgyeol, “dream”)
• 바람결 (baramgyeol, “wind”)
• 어느결에 (eoneugyeore, “unknowingly”)
• 잠결 (jamgyeol, “sleep”)

 

See also

• 곁 (gyeot, “neighborhood, vicinity”)
• 겨레 (gyeore, “race”)
• 겨를 (gyeoreul, “chance, opportunity, leisure, spare time, readiness (to do something else)”)

Etymology 3

From 겨울 (gyeoul).

Noun

결 • (gyeol)

1. Abbreviation of 겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 結 (“to connect; to form; to bind”)

Noun

결 • (gyeol) (hanja 結)

1. connection; formation

Derived terms

• 결론 (結論, gyeollon, “conclusion”)
• 결빙 (結氷, gyeolbing, “freezing”)
• 결정 (結晶, gyeoljeong, “crystal”)
• 결혼 (結婚, gyeolhon, “marriage”)
• 동결 (凍結, donggyeol, “freezing”)
• 연결 (連結, yeon-gyeol, “connection”)

 

See also

• 맺다 (maetda, “to bear, yield, produce; tie, knot”)
• 엉기다 (eonggida, “to curdle, coagulate, congeal, condensate”)
• 끝맺다 (kkeunmaetda), 마치다 (machida, “to conclude”)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

결 (gyeol)

1. 決:

   (MC reading: 決 (MC hwet̚, kwet̚))

2. 潔:

   (MC reading: 潔 (MC ket̚))

3. 缺:

   (MC reading: 缺 (MC kʰwet̚, kʰiuᴇt̚))

4. 訣:

   (MC reading: 訣 (MC kwet̚))

5. 抉:

   (MC reading: 抉 (MC kwet̚, ʔwet̚))

6. 㛃:

   (MC reading: 㛃)

7. 焆:

   (MC reading: 焆 (MC kwen, ʔwet̚, ʔˠiᴇt̚))

8. 迼:

   (MC reading: 迼)

9. 玦:

   (MC reading: 玦 (MC kwet̚))

10. 鍥:

    (MC reading: 鍥 (MC ket̚, kʰet̚))

11. 觖:

    (MC reading: 觖 (MC kʰiuᴇ^H, kwet̚))

12. 闋:

    (MC reading: 闋 (MC kʰwet̚))

13. 㓗: Alternative form of 潔

    (MC reading: 㓗)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2018). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표／人名用漢字表, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).