개

개 U+AC1C, 개
HANGUL SYLLABLE GAE
Composition:ㄱ + ㅐ
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← 갛
[U+AC1B] 		Hangul Syllables 객 →
[U+AC1D]

Korean

Etymology 1

개객갞갟갠갡갢
갣갤갥갦갧갨갩
갪갫갬갭갮갯갰
갱갲갳갴갵갶갷
가 ←→ 갸

Syllable

개 • (gae)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ and ㅐ.

Etymology 2

First recorded as 가히 (gahi) in 1441, in the Worin Cheongangjigok (월인천강지곡).

Alternative forms

  • ㄱㆎ (koy) (obsolete)
  • 가히 (gahi) (kahi) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ke̞ː]
  • Phonetic Hangul[개]
Revised Romanization? gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gae
McCune–Reischauer? kae
Yale Romanization? kāy

Noun

A dog (a Labrador)

개 • (gae) (counter 마리)

  1. dog
  2. someone who does the bidding of another.
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

First recorded in 1481 as 개 (gae), in the Bullyu Dugong Dusi Eonhae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ke̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[개]
Revised Romanization? gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gae
McCune–Reischauer? kae
Yale Romanization? kay

Noun

개 • (gae)

  1. estuary
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 갯가 (gaetga, “strandline”)

Etymology 4

From Literary Chinese 个, 個.

Alternative forms

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?

Etymology 5

Hangul reading of various hanja.

Syllable

개 (gae)

  1. 丐
  2. 个*
  3. 介
  4. 价
  5. 佳
  6. 個*
  7. 凱
  8. 剴
  9. 匃
  10. 匄
  11. 喈
  12. 嘅
  13. 塏
  14. 恝
  15. 愷
  16. 愾
  17. 慨
  18. 揩
  19. 改
  20. 概
  21. 槩
  22. 槪
  23. 溉
  24. 漑
  25. 玠
  26. 疥
  27. 皆
  28. 盖
  29. 磕
  30. 箇*
  31. 芥
  32. 蓋
  33. 解
  34. 豈
  35. 鎧
  36. 開
  37. 闓

Usage notes

  • The pronunciation 개 for these three characters (个, 個, 箇) came from 介, which was confused with 个.
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