끝
kkeut · TOPIK 1
end, tip
🏁 kkeut sounds like cut: where something is cut off, it ends
끝 (kkeut) starts with a tense kk and stops short on an unreleased t, so the word itself ends abruptly. Link it to cut: the spot where a rope is cut is both its end and its tip, the two meanings of 끝.