결

결 U+ACB0, 결 HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEOL Composition: ㄱ + ㅕ + ㄹ ← 겯 [U+ACAF] Hangul Syllables 겱 → [U+ACB1]

겨격겪겫견겭겮 겯결겱겲겳겴겵 겶겷겸겹겺겻겼 경겾겿곀곁곂곃
게 ←	→ 계

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [결]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeol
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏl
Yale Romanization?	kyel

Of native Korean origin.

결 • (gyeol)

1. layer, ply, texture (as of textile, wood, annual ring, wave, breath, temperament, etc.)
2. verge, vicinity, chance, opportunity, moment (as of wind, sleep, dream, etc.)

   바람결에 피리 소리가 들렸다.

   baram-gyeor-e piri sori-ga deullyeotda.

   I heard a flute sound riding on the wind.

   잠결에 누가 우는 소리를 들었다.

   jam-gyeor-e nuga uneun sori-reul deureotda.

   While sleeping, I heard someone crying.

   어느결에 한 달이 지났다.

   eoneugyeor-e han dar-i jinatda.

   A month has passed unknowingly.

3. (obsolete) wave

• (layer, ply): 켜 (kyeo)
• (time, moment, duration): 때 (ttae), 참 (cham)
• (duration, interval): 동안 (dong'an), 사이 (sai)

• 곁 (gyeot, “neighborhood, vicinity”)
• 겨레 (gyeore, “race”)
• 겨를 (gyeoreul, “chance, opportunity, leisure, spare time, readiness (to do something else)”)

From 겨울 (gyeoul).

결 • (gyeol)

1. Contraction of 겨울 (gyeoul, “winter”).

Sino-Korean word from 結 (“to connect; to form; to bind”)

결 • (gyeol) (hanja 結)

1. connection; formation

• 맺다 (maetda, “to bear, yield, produce; to tie, knot”)
• 엉기다 (eonggida, “to coagulate, congeal, condensate”)
• 끝맺다 (kkeunmaetda, “to conclude”)
• 마치다 (machida, “to conclude”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

결 (gyeol)

1. 決: to decide; to determine; to judge

   (eumhun reading: 결단할 결 (gyeoldanhal gyeol))
   (MC reading: 決 (MC xwet|kwet))

2. 潔: clean; pure

   (eumhun reading: 깨끗할 결 (kkaekkeuthal gyeol))
   (MC reading: 潔 (MC ket))

3. 缺: lack; deficit

   (eumhun reading: 이지러질 결 (ijireojil gyeol))
   (MC reading: 缺 (MC khwet|khjwiet))

4. 訣:

   (MC reading: 訣 (MC kwet))

5. 抉:

   (MC reading: 抉 (MC kwet|'wet))

6. 㛃:

   (MC reading: 㛃)

7. 焆:

   (MC reading: 焆 (MC kwen|'wet|'jet))

8. 迼:

   (MC reading: 迼)

9. 玦:

   (MC reading: 玦 (MC kwet))

10. 鍥:

    (MC reading: 鍥 (MC ket|khet))

11. 觖:

    (MC reading: 觖 (MC khjwieH|kwet))

12. 闋:

    (MC reading: 闋 (MC khwet))

13. 㓗: Alternative form of 潔

    (MC reading: 㓗)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]