개

Korean

Etymology 1

개객갞갟갠갡갢 갣갤갥갦갧갨갩 갪갫갬갭갮갯갰 갱갲갳갴갵갶갷
가 ←	→ 갸

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 개 • (gae)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ and ㅐ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 가히 (Yale: kahi). Jilin leishi (雞林類事) rendered it as middle Chinese 家稀.

Alternative forms

• ㄱㆎ (goy) (obsolete)
• 가히 (gahi) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛ(ː)] ~ [ke̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [개(ː)/게(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gae
McCune–Reischauer?	kae
Yale Romanization?	kāy

Noun

A dog (a Labrador)

개 • (gae) (counter 마리)

1. dog

1. someone who does the bidding of another

Synonyms

• 견 (犬, gyeon, “dog”)
• 구 (狗, gu, “dog”)

Derived terms

• 개새끼 (gaesaekki, “son of a bitch”)
• 개소주 (gaesoju)
• 갯과 (gaetgwa, “the Canidae”)
• 들개 (deulgae, “wild dog”)
• 사냥개 (sanyanggae, “hunter, hound”)
• 수캐 (sukae, “male dog”)
• 암캐 (amkae, “female dog, bitch”)

 

See also

• 강아지 (gang'aji, “puppy”)

Etymology 3

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 개 (Yale: kay).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛ] ~ [ke̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [개/게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gae
McCune–Reischauer?	kae
Yale Romanization?	kay

Noun

개 • (gae)

1. estuary

Synonyms

• 포 (浦, po, “estuary”)

Derived terms

• 갯가 (gaetga, “strandline”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 個/箇 (個 / 箇, “classifier for people or objects”)

Counter

개 • (gae)

1. item; piece (general counter for objects)

   사과 3(세)개.

   sagwa 3(se)gae.

   Three apples

   몇 개 필요해요?

   myeot gae piryohaeyo?

   How many (things) do you need?

Alternative forms

• ea

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

개 (gae)

Extended content

改: (MC reading: 改 (MC kojX)) 皆: (MC reading: 皆 (MC keaj)) 個: (MC reading: 個 (MC kaH)) 開: (MC reading: 開 (MC khoj)) 介: (MC reading: 介 (MC keajH)) 慨: (MC reading: 慨 (MC khojH)) 槪: (MC reading: 槪) 蓋: (MC reading: 蓋 (MC kajH|hap|kap)) 价: (MC reading: 价 (MC keajH)) 凱: (MC reading: 凱 (MC khojX)) 愷: (MC reading: 愷 (MC khojX)) 漑: (MC reading: 漑) 塏: (MC reading: 塏 (MC khojX)) 愾: (MC reading: 愾 (MC xj+jH|khojH)) 疥: (MC reading: 疥 (MC keajH)) 芥: (MC reading: 芥 (MC keajH)) 豈: (MC reading: 豈 (MC khj+jX)) 鎧: (MC reading: 鎧 (MC khojX|khojH)) 玠: (MC reading: 玠 (MC keajH)) 剴: (MC reading: 剴 (MC koj|ngoj)) 匃: (MC reading: 匃 (MC kajH|kat)) 揩: (MC reading: 揩 (MC kheaj|kheajH)) 槩: (MC reading: 槩 (MC kojH)) 磕: (MC reading: 磕 (MC khajH|khat|khap)) 闓: (MC reading: 闓 (MC khojX|khojH)) 箇: Alternative form of 個 (MC reading: 箇 (MC kaH)) 盖: Alternative form of 蓋 (MC reading: 盖) 丐: (MC reading: 丐 (MC kajH)) 个: (MC reading: 个 (MC kaH)) 佳: (MC reading: 佳 (MC kea)) 匄: (MC reading: 匄) 喈: (MC reading: 喈 (MC keaj)) 嘅: (MC reading: 嘅 (MC khojH)) 恝: (MC reading: 恝) 概: (MC reading: 概) 溉: (MC reading: 溉 (MC kj+jH|kojH)) 解: (MC reading: 解 (MC heaX|keaX|keaH|heaH))

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]