Korean

Syllable

것 • ‎(geot)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅓ, and ㅅ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as 것. Compare Japanese 事 ‎(koto, “abstract thing”), 種 ‎(kusa, “sort, kind; cause”).

Noun

것 • ‎(geot)

1. A thing; an object, one (impersonal pronoun)

   비싼 것‎ ― bissan geot ― an expensive thing; something expensive; an (the) expensive one

2. (used to create noun phrases) what; the thing which

   내가 원하는 것‎ ― nae-ga wonha-neun geot ― what I want

Derived terms

• 거 (geo) (contraction)
• 게 (ge) (contraction of 것이 (geosi))
• 걸 (geol) (contraction of 것을 (geoseul))
• 건 (geon) (contraction of 것은 (geoseun))

See also

• 곳 (got, “place”)
• 곧 (got, “soon, immediately”)
• 가 (ga, “edge, side”)