꽃

꽃

꽃 U+AF43, 꽃 HANGUL SYLLABLE GGOC Composition: ㄲ + ㅗ + ㅊ Dubeolsik input: R-h-c ← 꽂 [U+AF42] Hangul Syllables 꽄 → [U+AF44]

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곶 (koc). The change to a tense consonant initial occurred as this word ("flower") was frequently used as the second part of a compound noun denoting a specific flower (e.g. 연꽃 (yeonkkot)), in which the connecting genitive -ㅅ- (-s-) formed a "-sk-" medial cluster with koc, which developed into "-kk-" in Modern Korean. This development in compound nouns was generalised to koc as well.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[k͈o̞t̚]
• Phonetic Hangul[꼳]

Revised Romanization? kkot Revised Romanization (translit.)? kkoch McCune–Reischauer? kkot Yale Romanization? kkoch

Noun

꽃 • (kkot)

1. (botany) flower; flowering plant

   꽃이 핀다.

   Kkochi pinda.

   Flowers bloom.

   꽃 한 송이

   kkot han song-i

   a flower / one flower

   꽃 한 다발

   kkot han dabal

   a bunch of flowers

2. (figuratively) prime; central part; essence

Synonyms

• 화 (花, hwa, “flower”) (used only in compounds)

References

1. Ki-mun Yi, Ki-Moon Lee, S. Robert Ramsey. A History of the Korean Language. Cambridge University Press, 2011. →ISBN.