Korean

Syllable

갑 • ‎(gap)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅏ, and ㅂ…Ž.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 甲 ‎(“armor, shell, the first of the ten heavenly stems”)

Noun

갑 • ‎(gap)

1. armor; shell
2. the first of the ten Celestial stems

See also

• (first of the ten Celestial stems):
  1. 갑 (甲, gap)
  2. 을 (乙, eul)
  3. 병 (丙, byeong)
  4. 정 (丁, jeong)
  5. 무 (戊, mu)
  6. 기 (己, gi)
  7. 경 (庚, gyeong)
  8. 신 (辛, sin)
  9. 임 (壬, im)
  10. 계 (癸, gye)

Derived terms

• 갑각 (gapgak, “shell, crust”)
• 갑골 ‎(gapgol)문자 ‎(munja): archaic Chinese inscription on bones or turtleback shells
• 갑론 ‎(gamnon)을박 ‎(eulbak): conjecture and refutation
• 갑부 ‎(gapbu): millionaire
• 갑상선 ‎(gapsangseon): thyroid gland
• 갑상어알 ‎(gapsang-eoal): caviar
• 갑옷 ‎(gabot): armor
• 갑충 ‎(gapchung): beetle
• 갑판 ‎(gappan): deck
• 귀갑 ‎(gwigap): turtleback
• 철갑 ‎(cheolgap): ironclad
• 철갑상어 ‎(cheolgapsang-eo): sturgeon
• 철갑상어알 ‎(cheolgapsang-eoal): caviar

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 匣 ‎(“small box, case, coffer”)

Counter

1. cases; packs
   • 한갑; 두갑; 세갑; 네갑

     hangap; dugap; segap; negap

     one pack; two packs; three packs; four packs

Usage notes

As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 갑 (gap) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also

• 시 (si, “o'clock”), 시간 (sigan, “hours”), 번 (beon, “times”), 살 (sal, “years”), 사람 (saram, “people”), 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”), 마리 (mari, “animals”), 권 (gwon, “volumes”), 채 (chae, “houses”)

Noun

갑 • ‎(gap)

1. box; case

Derived terms

• 담배갑 (dambaegap, “cigarette case”)
• 성냥갑 (seongnyanggap, “match box”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 岬 ‎(“cape, promontory, headland”)

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 匣, 岬, 甲, 胛, 鉀, 閘, 韐

Noun

갑 • ‎(gap)

1. cape, headland

Synonyms

• 곶 (got)