Word details
홍길동
- Pronunciation
- 홍길똥
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
Hong Gildong
A main character in the old Korean novel Honggildongjeon, the Tale of Hong Gildong, written by Heo Gyun; he is a righteous leader of a bandit, who appears out of nowhere to help the poor and vanish mysteriously.