칼
kal · TOPIK 1
knife, blade
🔪 Sounds like cull: a kal is the blade that culls and cuts
칼 (kal) is a native Korean word for any knife or blade, from older 갈 (kal). Say it like the start of calibre with a crisp k. It appears in 부엌칼 = kitchen + knife and 칼국수 = knife + noodles, i.e. knife-cut noodles.