Hangul Syllable Dac

닻 means “anchor” in Korean. It is the working gear dropped to the seabed so a boat stays put — practical tackle, not decoration.

If you searched 닻 history, the paper trail located here starts in 1527: 훈몽자회 records the older form 닫 for 碇, a classical character used for anchor. Digs in Korean waters trace wood-and-stone anchors from the Proto-Three Kingdoms period through Joseon, with the stone shifting position over time. A 닿다 (touch) link has been proposed, but the etymology stays inconclusive.

Its job changes with the verb beside it. 닻을 내리다 is literal anchoring or mooring; 닻을 올리다 can mean starting a new undertaking, since a boat lifts its anchor to leave. The 닷 Chuja dialect form was also recorded in a 2012 fishing-vocabulary survey on Chuja Island — a regional pronunciation, not a different object.

Which one is 닻?

닻 is the anchor; 돛 is the sail. One parks the boat, the other moves it.

덫 is a trap or snare, not boat gear at all. For the launch-a-project idiom, write 닻을 올리다; 돛을 올리다 only raises the sail.