Jeolgu

{{Short description|Traditional Korean mortar and pestle set}}

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{{Infobox Korean name/auto

| image = Jeolgu (mortar) and gongi (pestle).jpg

| caption = Wooden jeolgu (mortar) and gongi (pestle)

| hangul = 절구

| ipa = {{IPA|ko|tɕʌl.ɡu|}}

| othername1 = Gongi

| hangul1 = 공이

| ipa1 = {{IPA|ko|koŋ.i|}}

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Jeolgu ({{Korean|hangul=절구}}) and gongi ({{Korean|hangul=공이|labels=no}}) are a type of traditional Korean mortar and pestle set, used for pounding grains or tteok (rice cake).{{Cite book|title=The Northern Region of Korea: History, Identity, and Culture|last=Paek|first=Doo-hyeon|publisher=Center for Korea Studies Publications, University of Washington Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-295-99041-5|editor-last=Kim|editor-first=Sun Joo|location=Seattle, WA|pages=125|chapter=P'yŏngan Dialect and Regional Identity in Chŏsŏn Korea|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVvSdPghJ3wC&pg=PA125}}{{Cite web|url=http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=290544|title=jeolgu|website=Standard Korean Language Dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Korean Language|language=ko|script-title=ko:절구|access-date=23 May 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=29826|title=gongi|website=Standard Korean Language Dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Korean Language|language=ko|script-title=ko:공이|access-date=23 May 2017}} 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.