곱다
Meanings
Adjective
1. beautiful, pretty, lovely, nice (literary, dated for a person, still common in North Korea, dated)
2. to be soft to the touch (literary)
3. to be innocently kind-hearted (literary)
4. to be sheltered (chiefly adverbial)
5. to be crooked, be hunched, be curved
Pronunciation
gopda
Examples9
너무 곱게 자라서 요리도 못해.
He grew up too sheltered, so he can't even cook.
고운 손결
the soft touch of her hand
고운 아가씨
a fair lady
고운 노랫가락
beautiful tunes of music
고운 마음씨
a kind heart
한복을 곱게 박다
to stitch a hanbok finely