가지

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가지〮 (Yale: kàcí), from Old Korean 種叱 (*KAc).

Pronunciation

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

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [가지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaji
McCune–Reischauer?	kaji
Yale Romanization?	kaci

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가지의 / 가지에 / 가지까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Dependent noun

가지 • (gaji)

1. kind, sort; variety

   이 문제를 푸는 데에는 몇 가지 방법이 있다. ― I munje-reul puneun de-e-neun myeot gaji bangbeob-i itda. ― There is a variety of ways to solve this problem.

Derived terms

• 가지가지 (gajigaji)
• 가지각색 (gajigaksaek)
• 가짓수 (gajitsu)
• 각가지 (gakgaji)
• 갖가지 (gatgaji)
• 한가지 (han'gaji)

 

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가〮지 (Yale: kácì). From Old Korean 枝次 (*KAci).

Originally a suffixed form of Middle Korean 갖〮 (kác, “id.”), which was already uncommon by the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [가지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaji
McCune–Reischauer?	kaji
Yale Romanization?	kaci

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가지의 / 가지에 / 가지까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

가지 (gaji, “branch”)

가지 • (gaji)

1. (also figuratively) twig or branch

   가지를 치다/뻗다

   gaji-reul chida/ppeotda

   to spread branches

   가지를 치다/자르다

   gaji-reul chida/jareuda

   to prune branches

   가지가 바람에 살랑살랑 흔들린다.

   Gaji-ga baram-e sallangsallang heundeullinda.

   The branches gently sway in the wind.

2. (nativising coinage) Synonym of 접사(接辭) (jeopsa, “(linguistics) affix”)

Derived terms

• 가지가지 (gajigaji)
• 곁가지 (gyeotgaji)
• 나뭇가지 (namutgaji)
• 덧가지 (deotgaji)
• 외가지 (oegaji)
• 잔가지 (jan'gaji)

 

Etymology 3

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 가지 (Yale: kàcì).

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 가자 (茄子, gaja), ultimately from Middle Chinese 茄子 (MC gja|kae tsiX).

Pronunciation

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

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [가지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaji
McCune–Reischauer?	kaji
Yale Romanization?	kaci

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가지의 / 가지에 / 가지까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

가지 (gaji, “eggplant/aubergine”)

가지 • (gaji)

1. eggplant/aubergine

Derived terms

• 가지색 (gajisaek)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 可知.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈka̠(ː)d͡ʑi]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)지]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaji
McCune–Reischauer?	kaji
Yale Romanization?	kāci

Noun

가지 • (gaji) (hanja 可知)

1. (formal) being able to know

   Antonym: 불가지(不可知) (bulgaji)

See also

• 불문가지(不問可知) (bulmun'gaji)

Etymology 5

Verb

가지 • (gaji)

1. suspective of 가다 (gada, “to go”)