Korean

Syllable

궁 • ‎(gung)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅜ, and ㅇ.

Etymology 2

Hanja 宮

Noun

궁 (gung)

1. house, residence
2. palace
3. (Chinese chess) king, palace

Derived terms

Related terms

• 임금 ‎(imgeum) (imgeum) king

See also

• 구무 ‎(gumu) (gumu) hole

Etymology 3

Hanja 弓

Noun

궁 (gung)

1. bow

Synonyms

• 활 ‎(hwal) (hwal)

Derived terms

• 궁도 (弓道, gungdo, “archery”)
• 궁수 (弓手, gungsu, “archer”)
• 궁술 (弓術, gungsul, “archery”)
• 궁시 (弓矢, gungsi, “bow and arrow”)
• 궁형 (弓形, gunghyeong, “arch -shaped”)
  • 궁형 (穹形, gunghyeong, “vault, dome -shaped”)
• 반곡궁 (ban-gokgung, “recurve bow”)
• 장궁 (janggung, “longbow”)
• 현대 복합궁 (hyeondae bokhapgung, “compound bow”)
• 환목궁 (hwanmokgung, “selfbow”)

See also

• 화살 ‎(hwasal) (hwasal) arrow

Etymology 4

Hanja 窮

Noun

궁 (gung)

1. poverty
2. exhaustion
3. investigation

Derived terms

• 궁핍 ‎(gungpip) (窮乏, gungpip) poverty
• 무궁 ‎(mugung) (無窮, mugung) infinity, eternity
• 궁리 ‎(gungni) (窮理, gungri) investigation