반응형 native Korean words10 가지 (gaji): Branch · Eggplant · Kind · Offshoot — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 가지 (gaji): Branch · Eggplant · Kind · Offshoot — One Korean Sound, Four MeaningsSome Korean words grow in every direction at once. 가지 (gaji) is one of them — pure native Korean, no Hanja — and it means a tree branch, the purple vegetable on your plate, a kind of thing, and the offshoot where a story wanders off. Four meanings, one gesture: the one dividing into the many.(Diagram: kword_gaji_colo.. 2026. 7. 29. 자국 (jaguk): Mark · Trace · Scar · Footprint — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 자국 (jaguk): Mark · Trace · Scar · Footprint — One Korean Sound, Four MeaningsSomething passes, and it leaves a 자국 (jaguk).Press your hand to a fogged window — a 자국. A wound heals but never fully disappears — a 자국. Walk across wet sand — a trail of 자국. One pure native Korean word, no Hanja, for everything the world keeps after the thing itself is gone. It is Korean's word for the past tense of to.. 2026. 7. 25. 고개 (gogae): Neck · Pass · Nod · Turning Point — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 고개 (gogae): Neck · Pass · Nod · Turning Point — One Korean Sound, Four MeaningsSome Korean words are quiet giants. 고개 (gogae) looks small — two syllables, no Hanja, pure native Korean — but it climbs all the way from your body to a mountain to the shape of your whole life. One sound. Four meanings. And, as always with K-Word Arrows, the four are secretly one.(다이어그램: kword_gogae_color.png)① NECK .. 2026. 7. 25. 가마 (gama): Cauldron · Kiln · Whorl · Palanquin — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 가마 (gama): Cauldron · Kiln · Whorl · Palanquin — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings🎯 One Sound, Four Native MeaningsThe great iron cauldron in the kitchen, the kiln that fires celadon, the whorl of hair at the crown of your head, and the sedan chair a bride once rode — Korean says all four with one pure-native sound: 가마 (gama). The thread? Each is a big rounded thing with something held inside.⬆️ .. 2026. 7. 22. 널 (neol): Board · Seesaw · Coffin · You — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 널 (neol): Board · Seesaw · Coffin · You — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 🎯 One Sound, Four Native MeaningsA plank of wood, a New Year seesaw, a coffin — and, by a turn of sound, the tenderest word of all, "you." Korean says all four with one pure-native sound: 널 (neol). Three are the same board of wood; the fourth is the heart's word. Follow the four arrows.⬆️ BOARD — 널빤지 (neol-ppan-ji)A flat,.. 2026. 7. 18. 가락 (garak): Strand · Finger · Tune · Spindle — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 가락 (garak): Strand · Finger · Tune · Spindle — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings(Color diagram above.)🎯 One Sound, Four Native MeaningsThe spindle of a spinning wheel, a finger on your hand, a strand of noodles on your chopsticks, and the melody of a song — Korean says all four with one pure-native sound: 가락 (garak). The thread? Every one is a thin, long line. Follow the four arrows.⬆️ STRAND — 국.. 2026. 7. 18. 마루 (maru): Floor · Ridge · Crest · Climax — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 마루 (maru): Floor · Ridge · Crest · Climax — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 마루 (maru): Floor · Ridge · Crest · Climax — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings🎯 One Sound, Four Native MeaningsThe cool wooden hall of an old Korean house, the ridge of a mountain, the crest of a wave, the peak of a festival — Korean says all four with one pure-native sound: 마루 (maru). The thread? Every one is the highest,.. 2026. 7. 17. 거리 (geori): Street · Stuff · Matter · Round — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings 거리 (geori): Street · Stuff · Matter · Round — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings(Color diagram above.)거리 (geori): Street · Stuff · Matter · Round — One Korean Sound, Four Meanings🎯 One Sound, Four Native MeaningsA busy street, the makings of tonight's dinner, a nagging worry, and one act of a shamanic rite — Korean says all four with one pure-native sound: 거리 (geori). Careful: this native 거리 is no.. 2026. 7. 15. 이전 1 2 다음 반응형