그

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Contents 1 Korean 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Syllable 1.1.1.1 Usage notes 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Determiner 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.2 Pronoun 1.2.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.2.3 Antonyms 1.2.2.4 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology 1

그 극 귺 귻 근 귽 귾 귿 글 긁 긂 긃 긄 긅 긆 긇 금 급 긊 긋 긌 긍 긎 긏 긐 긑 긒 긓
규 ←	긔 →

[edit] Syllable

그 (transliterations: Revised geu, Yale ku)

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

[edit] Usage notes

• Keystroke sequence on a South Korean dubeolsik keyboard: r-m.
• Unicode representation: U+ADF8

[edit] Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

[edit] Determiner

그 (geu)

1. (demonstrative) that (of what has been already said or known)

[edit] Usage notes

그 (geu) is used for items closer to the listener than to the speaker, and 저 (jeo) is used for items far from both the speaker and the listener

[edit] Derived terms

• 그것 (geugeot, “that thing”)
• 그곳 (geugot, “that place”)
• 그때 (geuttae, “that moment”)
• 그대로 (geudaero, “like that”)
• 그렇다 (geureotta, “to be that way”)

[edit] See also

• 이 (i, “this”)
• 저 (jeo, “that”)

[edit] Pronoun

그 (geu)

1. (demonstrative) that (of what has been already said or known) (see 그것 (geugeot, “that thing”))
2. he; she

[edit] Usage notes

그녀 (geunyeo, “she”) is an explicitly feminine third-person pronoun.

[edit] Synonyms

• (demonstrative, that): 저 (jeo)

[edit] Antonyms

• (demonstrative, this): 이 (i)

[edit] Derived terms

• 그이 (geu-i, “he”)
• 그놈 (geunom, “he”) (insulting)
• 그녀 (geu-nyeo, “she”)
• 그년 (geunyeon, “she”) (insulting)
• 그들 (geudeul, “they”)
• 그네들 (geunedeul, “they”)
• 그놈들 (geunomdeul, “they”) (insulting)