U+ADA4, 궤
HANGUL SYLLABLE GWE
Composition: +

[U+ADA3]
Hangul Syllables
[U+ADA5]
궥궦궧궨궩궪
궫궬궭궮궯궰궱
궲궳궴궵궶궷궸
궹궺궻궼궽궾궿
궈 ←→ 귀

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean (goe, cat (obsolete))

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kwe⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [kwe]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwe
Yale Romanization?kwey

Noun

(gwe)

  1. cat

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwe
McCune–Reischauer?kwe
Yale Romanization?kwey

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from (chest)

Noun

• (gwe) (hanja )

  1. a chest; a coffer; a box

Etymology 2

Related to (ge), compare Chungcheong, Pyongan and alternative Gyeonggi (goe).

Noun

• (gwe)

  1. Seoul and Hwanghae form of (ge, crab)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

• (gwe)

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), page 5. [1]
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]