곯 Hangul Syllable Golh

What 곯 means

With Korean input active, type ㄱ, ㅗ, ㄹ, then ㅎ.

The input method joins the opening consonant ㄱ and vowel ㅗ with the final cluster ㄹ ㅎ to make one Hangul syllable.

What does 곯 mean in Korean?

Its meaning depends on the Korean word that contains it.

In 곯다, food can soften or spoil on the inside; the verb also appears in words for hunger or being worn down. 곯아떨어지다 means to drop into deep sleep from exhaustion or drink. In 곯다, the final ㅀ before ㄷ is pronounced [골타]: ㅎ makes the next sound a t with a small puff of air. In 곯아, ㅎ is silent and ㄹ links to the vowel, giving [고라].

Hangul was devised in 1443 to make Korean writing easier to learn; its purpose and principles were published in 1446. An old form of 고프다, meaning “to be hungry,” contains the root 곯-. The word history runs through 월인석보, a Korean book from 1459. The 15th-century spelling 골다 appears in later forms such as 골프다 and 고프다, leading to today’s 배고프다.

곯 is a Hangul syllable used within Korean words; alone, it reads like an unfinished fragment.

Alone, 곯 is not the Korean word for “rotten” or “asleep.”

Part of the collection

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Korean Syllables (Hangul Characters)

Who writes 곯

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Don't confuse it with

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골다 골다 is the Korean verb for snoring. 곯다 has final ㅀ and can describe spoilage inside or hunger.

골리다 골리다 means to tease or provoke; 곯리다 means to make someone go hungry or to spoil something inside. They sound alike.

Related characters

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ㄱ

Hangul Letter Kiyeok

This consonant letter supplies the opening sound of 곯.

ㅗ

Hangul Letter O

This vowel letter supplies the vowel in 곯.

ㄹ

Hangul Letter Rieul

This consonant letter is the first part of 곯’s final cluster.

ㅎ

Hangul Letter Hieuh

This consonant letter is the second part of the final cluster ㄹ + ㅎ in 곯.

Combination ideas

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Food spoils inside; the word also describes hunger or being worn down.

To drop into deep sleep from exhaustion or drink.

To cause hunger or internal spoilage; 골리다 instead means to tease.

Questions people ask

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Why does ㅀ sound different in 곯다 and 곯아?

The next sound decides how ㅀ is pronounced. Before ㄷ in 곯다, it produces [골타]; before the vowel in 곯아, ㅎ is silent and ㄹ links forward as [고라].

Why does 곯 appear as separate letters or a box?

That is a display issue. An app or font may show the consonant and vowel letters separately or lack a needed glyph. Hangul can be stored as a ready-made syllable block or as a sequence of letters, and shaping support affects how that sequence appears.