거

Korean

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹]

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• Phonetic hangul: [거]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geo
McCune–Reischauer?	kŏ
Yale Romanization?	ke

Etymology 1

거걱걲걳건걵걶 걷걸걹걺걻걼걽 걾걿검겁겂것겄 겅겆겇겈겉겊겋
걔 ←	→ 게

Symbol

(deprecated template usage) 거 • (geo)

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

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Interjection

거 • (geo)

1. well!

Etymology 3

Contraction of 것

Noun

거 • (geo)

1. thing.
2. what, that which.

   그건 내 한 거예요.

   Geugeon nae han geoyeyo.

   That’s what I did.

3. that of. pronounced as 꺼.

   내 거예요.

   Nae geoyeyo.

   It’s mine.

Usage notes

• Nominative form: 게 (← 것이) (except for the sense 3, "that of")
• Accusative form: 걸 (← 것을)
• Instrumental form: 걸로 (← 것으로)
• Topic form: 건 (← 것은)

Derived terms

• 이거 (igeo)
• 그거 (geugeo)
• 저거 (jeogeo)

Etymology 4

Reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

거 (geo)

1. 車: vehicle

   (eumhun reading: 수레 거 (sure geo))
   (MC reading: 車 (MC kjo|tsyhae))

2. 去: going

   (eumhun reading: 갈 거 (gal geo))
   (MC reading: 去 (MC khjoX|khjoH))

3. 居: living

   (eumhun reading: 살 거 (sal geo))
   (MC reading: 居 (MC ki|kjo))

4. 擧: lifting

   (eumhun reading: 들 거 (deul geo))
   (MC reading: 擧 (MC yo))

5. 巨: bigness

   (eumhun reading: 클 거 (keul geo))
   (MC reading: 巨 (MC gjoX))

6. 據: dependence, basis

   (eumhun reading: 의지할 거 (uijihal geo))
   (MC reading: 據 (MC kjoH))

7. 距: falling

   (eumhun reading: 떨어질 거 (tteoreojil geo))
   (MC reading: 距 (MC gjoX))

8. 拒: blockage

   (eumhun reading: 막을 거 (mageul geo))
   (MC reading: 拒 (MC gjoX))

9. 渠: ditch

   (eumhun reading: 도랑 거 (dorang geo))
   (MC reading: 渠 (MC gjo))

10. 佉, 俥, 倨, 凥, 勮, 厺, 去, 呿, 居, 巨, 拒, 拠, 据, 據, 擧, 昛, 渠, 炬, 祛, 秬, 筥, 籧, 胠, 腒, 艍, 苣, 莒, 蕖, 蘧, 袪, 裾, 詎, 距, 踞, 車, 遽, 醵, 鉅, 鋸, 駏