게

Character	게
Hangul Syllables	U+AC8C
Composition	ㄱ + ㅔ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	r-p

Korean

Etymology 1

게 겍 겎 겏 겐 겑 겒 겓 겔 겕 겖 겗 겘 겙 겚 겛 겜 겝 겞 겟 겠 겡 겢 겣 겤 겥 겦 겧
거 ←	겨 →

Syllable

게 (transliterations: Revised ge, McCune–Reischauer ', Yale key)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ and ㅔ.

Etymology 2

Particle

게 (ge)

1. A shortened form of the dative particle 에게 (ege); to, (for, by)

Usage notes

• Like 에게 (ege), 게 (ge) is only used only with nouns denoting animate objects (usually people or animals). This shortened form is only used with a few common words that end in a vowel, such as 내 (nae, “I”) (alternate form), 네 (ne, “you”) (alternate form), or 제 (che, “I”) (humble, alternate form).

  내게 사과를 주세요.

  Nae-ge sagwa-reul juseyo.

  Please give me an apple.

• For nouns denoting inanimate objects, 에 (e) is used instead.

Etymology 3

Reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

게 (ge)

1. 偈, 卟, 憩, 掲, 揭, 碣