Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 6

TOPIK 6noun

봉합

bonghap

봉합이 · 봉합을

suture, stitching (a wound)

Example

수술이 끝난 후 상처를 봉합했어요.

After the surgery, they stitched the wound closed.

Word parts

봉 sew합 join

Literally 'sew together'.

Good to know

In casual speech people say 꿰매다 (to stitch up); 봉합하다 is the medical word.