| Jeolgu | |
Wooden jeolgu (mortar) and gongi (pestle) | |
| Korean name | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 절구 |
| RR | jeolgu |
| MR | chŏlgu |
| IPA | [tɕʌl.ɡu] |
| Gongi | |
| Hangul | 공이 |
| RR | gongi |
| MR | kongi |
| IPA | [koŋ.i] |
Jeolgu (Korean: 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.