점

jeom · [점]

point · dot · spot · speck

nounbound nounIntermediate

Meanings

점 · noun · Intermediate

  1. point; dotA small, round mark.
  2. spot; speckA small, round blot on the human skin or animal hair, whose color is different.
  3. pointA symbol used in specifying a number to distinguish the number one or bigger and a number smaller than one.
  4. punctuation markA symbol in a sentence such as period, comma, etc.
  5. thingA specific aspect among many.

점 · bound noun · Intermediate

  1. pointA bound noun used to represent performance or score.
  2. pieceA bound noun used to count the number of artworks such as paintings or ceramics.
  3. A bound noun used to represent a very little amount.
  4. piece; sliceA bound noun used to count the number of pieces of meat.
  5. dropA bound noun used to count the number of falling water drops.
  6. stone; pieceIn the game of go, a bound noun used to count the number of stones placed on the board or those captured from the opponent.
Other Words Spelled the Same (1)

점 · noun · Advanced

  1. fortune tellingAn unscientific way of guessing what happened in the past or telling someone's fortune, etc., in the present and future.

Written Forms

점Hangul
點Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

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Should I put a large piece of meat on it?

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부족한 점이 많겠지만 잘 부탁드립니다.

I may have many shortcomings, but I look forward to your guidance.

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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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