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The Universal Character Set
Unicode name HANGUL SYLLABLE GA 
Hangul Syllables U+AC00
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Dubeolsik keyboard entry r-k
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[edit] Korean

[edit] Etymology 1

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(transliterations: Revised ga, Yale ka)

  1. The first syllable of the hangul writing system. Often used to mark the first item of a list or sub-list.

[edit] Etymology 2

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as ᄀᆞᆺ (Yale: kos).

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(ga)

  1. (often as a suffix) bound, edge, end, margin, rim, side, verge
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[edit] Etymology 3

Of native Korean origin.

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(ga)

  1. Indicates the subject of a sentence.
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  • (ga) indicates the subject of the verb in the sentence, as opposed to the object, which * (reul) indicates. See also (neun), which indicates the topic of the sentence.
  • (ga) is used only after words ending with a vowel. After words ending with a consonant, (i) is used instead.
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[edit] Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

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  • IPA: [ka] Some characters may be pronounced with a long vowel, kaː or 가ː.
  • Phonetic hangul: 가ː

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(ga)

  1. (): family, house
  2. (): price, value
  3. (): falsehood

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(ga)

  1. (): street
    • 종로3
      Jongno 3(sam)-ga
      "The 3rd Jongno Street"

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(ga)

  1. : lie
    (eumhun reading: 거짓)
  2. : temple
    (eumhun reading: )
  3. : beautiful
    (eumhun reading: 아름다울)
  4. : lie
    (eumhun reading: 거짓)
  5. : furniture
    (eumhun reading: 가구)
  6. : price
    (eumhun reading: )
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  37. : street
    (eumhun reading: 거리)
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[edit] Etymology 5

Infinitive of 가다 (gada, “to go”).

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(ga), infinitive of 가다

  1. connective form of 가다 (gada, “to go”): because of going, upon going.
  2. informal form of 가다 (gada, “to go”): go (indicative/interrogative/imperative), let's go
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  • (infinitive of 가다, because of going, upon going): 가서 (gaseo)