곡

gok · [곡]

music · musical piece · tune · melody

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. music; musical pieceA piece of music.
  2. tune; melodyThe melody of music or lyrics.
  3. song; musical pieceThe unit for counting the number of songs or musical works.
Other Words Spelled the Same (1)

곡 · noun

  1. gok; wailAn act of crying, making a lamenting sound repeatedly in mourning someone's death, or such a cry.
  2. loud cryAn act of crying in a loud voice, or such a cry.

Written Forms

곡Hangul
曲Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Which song from the Goblin soundtrack do you like the best?

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It's mostly filled with quiet ballad songs.

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Even after listening to about three songs, there were still a lot of difficult expressions.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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