gonggi

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/ˈɡɒŋɡi/

noun

A Korean children's game that is similar to jacks.

OriginKorean 공기 →
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Meanings

noungonggi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Korean children's game that is similar to jacks.

    When most kids had moved on to the next thing (e.g., marble games, gonggi play similar to Jacks, or Ddakji-chigi game similar to Pogs), his whole world was still origami.

    2022, “Peace Spheres: Ecological Relationship of Self, Others, and the World”, in Building Positive Peace, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2025, page 1

Origin

  1. Korean공기
  2. Englishgonggi

Borrowed from Korean 공기 (gonggi).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Goggin
Cite this entry
APA

gonggi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonggi

MLA

“gonggi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonggi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonggi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonggi.

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