| Jeolgu and gongi | |
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Wooden jeolgu (mortar) and gongi (pestle)
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| Hangul | 절구 |
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| 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.