독

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 독 (Yale: twòk).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [독]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 독의 / 독에 / 독까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

독 • (dok)

1. jar, pot (made of clay)

   독 안에 든 쥐 ― dok an-e deun jwi ― being in a helpless situation (literally, “a rat in a jar”)

• 단지 (danji)

Sino-Korean word from 毒. From Middle Korean 독〮 (Yale: twók).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [독]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 독의 / 독에 / 독까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

독 • (dok) (hanja 毒)

1. poison; venom

• 독(毒)하다 (dokhada)
• See the hanja entry at 毒 for Sino-Korean compounds of 독 (毒, dok).

Sino-Korean word from 獨.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [독]

독 • (Dok) (hanja 獨)

1. Short for 독일(獨逸) (Dogil, “Germany”).

• In news headlines, this is usually written solely in the hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any hanja.

독— • (dok-) (hanja 獨)

1. by/for a single person

   ‎독(獨) (dok) + ‎무대(舞臺) (mudae, “stage”) → ‎독무대(獨舞臺) (dongmudae, “having the stage to oneself”)

• See the hanja entry at 獨 for Sino-Korean compounds of 독 (獨, dok).

Borrowed from English dock.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [독]

독 • (dok)

1. dock (for repairing and building ships)

   Synonym: 선거(船渠) (seon'geo)

독 • (dok)

1. Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 돌 (dol, “rock”)
   • 1982 October 26, 송도헌 [songdoheon], “명당의 천리도 모르는 도선 [myeongdang'ui cheollido moreuneun doseon]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 충청북도 영동군 황금면 [chungcheongbukdo yeongdonggun hwanggeummyeon]:

     널 위에다가 갖다가 독을 고이고 널을 갖다가 놓고...

     Neol wi-e-daga gatdaga dog-eul goigo neor-eul gatdaga noko...

     So use the rock to prop up the plank then put the plank there...

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

독 (dok)

• IPA^(key): /tòk/, [tòk̚]

독 (twòk) (locative 도ᄀᆡ〮 (twòk-óy))

1. jar; pot

• Korean: 독 (dok)

From Middle Chinese 毒 (MC dowk).

• IPA^(key): /tók/, [tók̚]

독〮 (twók) (hanja 毒)

1. poison; venom
   • 1489, 救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해 [Gugeupganibang eonhae], pages 6:39a–b:

     미친〮 가히〮 믈인〮 독〮이〮 다시〮 나거든〮 ᄆᆞᄅᆞᆫ ᄉᆡᇰ아ᇰ을〮 ᄀᆞ〮라 므〮레 프〮러 두〯 돈〯을〮 머그〮면 됴〯ᄒᆞ리〮라

     mìchín kàhí mùlGín twók-í tàsí nàkètún mòlòn sòyngàng-úl kólà múl-èy púlè twǔ twǒn-úl mèkúmyèn tyǒhòlílà

     Having been bitten by a rabid dog, should [the effects of] the poison [i.e. the rabies virus] recur, take two dons of ground dry ginger dissolved in water, and [the symptoms] will get better.

• Korean: 독(毒) (dok)