겨

겨 U+ACA8, 겨 HANGUL SYLLABLE GYEO Composition: ㄱ + ㅕ ← 겧 [U+ACA7] Hangul Syllables 격 → [U+ACA9]

겨격겪겫견겭겮 겯결겱겲겳겴겵 겶겷겸겹겺겻겼 경겾겿곀곁곂곃
게 ←	→ 계

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 겨〮 (Yale: kyé).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [겨]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeo
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏ
Yale Romanization?	kye

Noun

겨 • (gyeo)

1. bran, chaff, hull, husk (of grains)

   똥 묻은 개가 겨 묻은 개를 나무란다.

   Ttong mudeun gae-ga gyeo mudeun gae-reul namuranda.

   A dung-stained dog finds fault with a bran-stained dog.

Derived terms

• 겉겨 (geotgyeo, “outer hull”)
• 겨이삭 (gyeoisak, “bentgrass”)
• 겨풀 (gyeopul, “rice cutgrass”)
• 속겨 (sokgyeo, “inner hull”)
• 왕겨 (wanggyeo, “chaff”)

 

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Chungcheong and Jeolla Dialect 기어 (gieo). Used mainly by middle-aged and younger speakers of the Southern Chungcheong Dialect.

Interjection

겨 • (gyeo)

1. (slang, Southern Chungcheong) yes, yeah