공갈

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 恐喝, from 恐 (“fearsome”) + 喝 (“scolding”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ŋɡa̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [공(ː)갈]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gonggal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonggal
McCune–Reischauer?konggal
Yale Romanization?kōngkal

Noun

공갈 • (gonggal) (hanja 恐喝)

  1. threatening behavior
  2. (law) blackmail; extortion
  3. (slang) falsehood
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