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Jeolgu

Jeolgu and gongi
Jeolgu (mortar) and gongi (pestle).jpg
Wooden jeolgu (mortar) and gongi (pestle)
Hangul 절구
Hanja n/a
Revised Romanization jeolgu
McCune–Reischauer chŏlgu
IPA [tɕʌl.ɡu]
Hangul 공이
Hanja n/a
Revised Romanization gongi
McCune–Reischauer kong'i
IPA [koŋ.i]

Jeolgu (절구) and gongi (공이) are a type of traditional Korean mortar and pestle set, used for pounding grains or tteok (rice cake). They can be made with timber, stone, or iron.Jeolgu is a bowl-shaped vessel in which grains or tteok can be pounded, and gongi refers to either a pestle for a mortar or a stamper for a stamp mill.


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