건

Korean

Etymology 1

건 걵 걶 걷 걸 걹 걺 걻 걼 걽 걾 걿 검 겁 겂 것 겄 겅 겆 겇 겈 겉 겊 겋 게 겍 겎 겏
걘 ←	겐 →

Syllable

건 (transliterations: Revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅓ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Verb

건 (geon), determinative of 걸다

1. past determinative of 걸다 (geolda, “to speak or suspend”): having been suspended, spoken; of a telephone call, having been made

1. 내가 건 전화 (naega geon jeonhwa, “the call I made”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

건 (geon) determinative of 걸다

1. determinative of 걸다 (geolda, “to be fertile or sumptuous”): rich, fertile, sumptuous

Etymology 4

Noun

건 (geon)

1. Contraction of 것은 (것+은).

Etymology 5

Prefix

건 (乾, geon-)

1. dry

   건포도 (geonpodo) raisin (literally, "dried grape")

Synonyms

• 마른