"과자" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [kwa̠d͡ʑa̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gwaja [romanization], 菓子 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (“sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|菓子}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|菓子|sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie}} Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (“sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=菓子}} 과자 • (gwaja) (hanja 菓子)
  1. sweet; confection
    Sense id: en-과자-ko-noun-QAc4Mvwi Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words, Desserts Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 9 11 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 60 17 23 Disambiguation of Desserts: 77 12 12
  2. candy
    Sense id: en-과자-ko-noun-TRYIyEnx
  3. pastry; cake; cookie; cracker
    Sense id: en-과자-ko-noun-~mTeaYUn Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 31 9 61 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 37 10 53 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 34 11 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 까까 (kkakka) [childish] Derived forms: 호두과자 (hodugwaja) (english: walnut cakes)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "walnut cakes",
      "roman": "hodugwaja",
      "word": "호두과자"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "菓子"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "菓子",
        "2": "sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (“sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (“sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwaja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "菓子",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "菓子"
      },
      "expansion": "과자 • (gwaja) (hanja 菓子)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "64 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 9 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 17 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Desserts",
          "orig": "ko:Desserts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sweet; confection"
      ],
      "id": "en-과자-ko-noun-QAc4Mvwi",
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
        ],
        [
          "confection",
          "confection"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "candy"
      ],
      "id": "en-과자-ko-noun-TRYIyEnx",
      "links": [
        [
          "candy",
          "candy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 9 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 10 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 11 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pastry; cake; cookie; cracker"
      ],
      "id": "en-과자-ko-noun-~mTeaYUn",
      "links": [
        [
          "pastry",
          "pastry"
        ],
        [
          "cake",
          "cake"
        ],
        [
          "cookie",
          "cookie"
        ],
        [
          "cracker",
          "cracker"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kwa̠d͡ʑa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "과자"
    },
    {
      "other": "[과자]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kkakka",
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ],
      "word": "까까"
    }
  ],
  "word": "과자"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words",
    "ko:Desserts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "walnut cakes",
      "roman": "hodugwaja",
      "word": "호두과자"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "菓子"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "菓子",
        "2": "sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (“sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-Sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 菓子 (“sweet, confection; candy; pastry, cake, cookie”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwaja",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "菓子",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "菓子"
      },
      "expansion": "과자 • (gwaja) (hanja 菓子)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sweet; confection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sweet",
          "sweet"
        ],
        [
          "confection",
          "confection"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "candy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "candy",
          "candy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pastry; cake; cookie; cracker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pastry",
          "pastry"
        ],
        [
          "cake",
          "cake"
        ],
        [
          "cookie",
          "cookie"
        ],
        [
          "cracker",
          "cracker"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kwa̠d͡ʑa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "과자"
    },
    {
      "other": "[과자]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kkakka",
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ],
      "word": "까까"
    }
  ],
  "word": "과자"
}

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