곳

See also: -곳

곳	U+ACF3, 곳 HANGUL SYLLABLE GOS

Composition:

계 ←	→ 과
고 곡 곢 곣 곤 곥 곦 곧 골 곩 곪 곫 곬 곭 곮 곯 곰 곱 곲곳곴 공 곶 곷 곸 곹 곺 곻

Korean

갈아타는 곳

garataneun got

place to transfer

나가는 곳

naganeun got

place to exit

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곧 (Yale: kwot). Perhaps from the same root as 골 (gol, “village”), as well as 거리 (geori, “street”). Possibly cognate with the Manchu ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (gurun, “country”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	got
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gos
McCune–Reischauer^?	kot
Yale Romanization^?	kos

곳 • (got)

In South Korea, there is an ongoing government-pushed movement to phase out established Sino-Korean words like 출구 (出口, chulgu, “exit”) or 환승 (換乘, hwanseung, “transfer”) in public signage with collocations using 곳 (got) such as 나가는 곳 (naganeun got, literally “leaving place”) or 갈아타는 곳 (garataneun got, literally “vehicle-switching place”), motivated by a nationalist ideology of linguistic purism. However, this has not caught on very much.

National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 4 (last accessed)) “곳 [got]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
Choe, Jong-du (최종두), ed. (2005) “곳 [got]”, in 새국어사전 [saegugeosajeon], Seoul: Isangsa, page 62
Lee, Ju Haeng (이주행) with Lee Kyu Hang (이규항), Kim Sang Jun (김상준) (2004) “곳 [got]”, in 한국어 발음사전 [han'gugeo bareumsajeon, Korean Pronouncing Dictionary], Seoul: Jigu Publishing, →ISBN, page 85
Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000) “곳 [got]”, in 國(국)語(어)語(어)源(원)辭(사)典(전), Seoul: Bogosa Books, page 71