게

게 U+AC8C, 게
HANGUL SYLLABLE GE
Composition:ㄱ + ㅔ
← 겋
[U+AC8B] 		Hangul Syllables 겍 →
[U+AC8D]
게겍겎겏겐겑겒
겓겔겕겖겗겘겙
겚겛겜겝겞겟겠
겡겢겣겤겥겦겧
거 ←→ 겨
See also: -게

(see here for particles and suffixes)

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ge
McCune–Reischauer?ke
Yale Romanization?key

Dependent noun

게 • (ge)

  1. (colloquial) contraction of 거이 (geo-i); nominative of 거 (geo)
    Synonym: (formal) 것이 (geos-i)
    그게 뭐야? ― geu-ge mwo-ya? ― What's that?
    공부하는 게 싫대. ― Gongbu-haneun ge sil-tae. ― He says he doesn't like studying.
Usage notes
  • Expected 거가 (geo-ga) is not common.

Etymology 2

First attested as Late Old Korean 慨 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)[1], 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 게〯 (Yale: kěy).

Middle Korean rising pitch implies an earlier bisyllabic form; Japanese 蟹 (kani) is a possible parallel.

Consider also Pyongan Korean 궝이 (gwong'i, “crab”) and Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”), although both could be secondary developments because Koreanic varieties sometimes insert /ŋ/ to break hiatus between vowels.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ke̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [게(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ge
McCune–Reischauer?ke
Yale Romanization?kēy

Noun

게 • (ge)

  1. crab
Usage notes
  • For many contemporary Seoul speakers, this word is homophonous with 개 (gae, “dog”). Speakers may resort to circumlocutions in ambiguous situations, e.g. 멍멍 개 (meongmeong gae, “dog that goes meong-meong”) or '꽃게' 할 때 게 (kkotge hal ttae ge, “'crab' as in 'horse crab'”).
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Korean 그ᅌᅦ (Yale: ku.ngey), contraction of 그ᅌᅥ긔 (Yale: ku.ngekuy).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ge
McCune–Reischauer?ke
Yale Romanization?key

Pronoun

게 • (ge)

  1. (archaic) contraction of 거기 (geogi, “there”)
    Coordinate terms: (distal) 제 (je, “there”), (proximal) 예 (ye, “here”)
    게 누구 있느냐? ― ge nugu in-neunya? ― Is someone there?/Who's there?

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

게 • (ge)

More information
  1. 揭: to lift; to raise
    (eumhun reading: 높이 들 게 (nopi deul ge))
    (MC reading: 揭 (MC khjejH|gjot|gjet|khjet))
  2. 偈:
    (MC reading: 偈 (MC gjejH|gjet))
  3. 憩: to rest
    (eumhun reading: 쉴 게 (swil ge))
    (MC reading: 憩 (MC khjejH))
  4. 卟:
    (MC reading: 卟 (MC kej|khejX))
  5. 碣:
    (MC reading: 碣 (MC gjet))

References

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