각하

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 閣下, from 閣 (“palace”) + 下 (“below”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠kʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [가카]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gakha
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gagha
McCune–Reischauer?	kakha
Yale Romanization?	kak.ha

Noun

각하 • (gakha) (hanja 閣下)

1. (honorific) (Mr/Madame) President
   • 2005, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, 5th Republic, episode 1, spoken by Kim Jae-gyu (Kim Hyung-il):

     각하, 이따위 버러지 같은 놈을 데리고 정치하니, 정치가 올바른 되겠습니까?

     gakha, ittawi beoreoji gateun nom-eul derigo jeongchihani, jeongchi-ga olbareun doe-get-seumnikka?

     Mr. President (Park Chung-hee), how can you stay upright in politics when staying with such a piece of shit (Cha Ji-cheol)?

   • 2020, Woo Min-ho, director, The Man Standing Next, spoken by Kim Gyu-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun):

     각하를 혁명의 배신자로 처단합니다.

     Gakha-reul hyeongmyeong-ui baesinja-ro cheodanhamnida.

     Mr. President, (I) condemn you as a traitor to the revolution.

2. (your) Excellency
3. Your Honour

Descendants

• → Chinese: 卡卡 (Kǎkǎ)