겁

겁 U+AC81, 겁
HANGUL SYLLABLE GEOB
Composition:ㄱ + ㅓ + ㅂ
← 검
[U+AC80] 		Hangul Syllables 겂 →
[U+AC82]

Korean

거걱걲걳건걵걶
걷걸걹걺걻걼걽
걾걿검겁겂것겄
겅겆겇겈겉겊겋
걔 ←→ 게

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geop
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geob
McCune–Reischauer?kŏp
Yale Romanization?kep

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 怯 (“timid”).

Noun

겁 • (geop) (hanja 怯)

  1. fear, fright
    Synonym: 공포(恐怖) (gongpo, “terror, dread”)
    겁 먹었어? (informal) ― geop meogeosseo? ― You scared? (literally, “Did you eat fear?”)
    겁이 많은 남자 ― geobi maneun namja ― a guy who gets scared easily (literally, “guy with much fear”)
    겁이 없다 ― geobi eopda ― to be fearless (literally, “to lack fear”)
Derived terms
verbs
  • 겁나다 (geomnada, “to be scary”)
  • 겁내다 (geomnaeda, “to be scared”)
  • 겁먹다 (geommeokda, “to be scared”)
  • 겁에 질리다 (geobe jillida, “to be stricken with fear”)
  • 겁주다 (geopjuda, “to scare”)
other
See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 劫 (“kalpa”), Chinese transcription of Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa).

Noun

겁 • (geop) (hanja 劫)

  1. (Buddhism) kalpa (a period of 4.32 billion years; used more figuratively to refer to any very long period of time)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters. See the linked entries for compounds.

Syllable

겁 • (geop)

More information
  1. 怯: fear
    (eumhun reading: 겁낼 겁 (geomnael geop))
    (MC reading: 怯 (MC khjaep))
  2. 劫: coerce, threaten
    (eumhun reading: 위협할 겁 (wihyeophal geop))
    (MC reading: 劫 (MC kjaep))
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