개

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

KoreanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

개객갞갟갠갡갢
갣갤갥갦갧갨갩
갪갫갬갭갮갯갰
갱갲갳갴갵갶갷
가 ←→ 갸

SyllableEdit

개 • (gae)

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

Etymology 2Edit

First attested in the Worin cheongangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 가히 (Yale: kahi). Jilin leishi (雞林類事) rendered it as middle Chinese 家稀.

The prefix derives from the noun; compare to English bitch.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

Revised Romanization? gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gae
McCune–Reischauer? kae
Yale Romanization? kāy

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 개의 / 개에 / 개까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

NounEdit

 
A dog (a Labrador)

개 • (gae) (counter 마리)

  1. dog
  2. someone who does the bidding of another
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

PrefixEdit

개— • (gae-)

  1. wild; worthless; of inferior quality
  2. (vulgar, slang) fucking (as an intensifier)
    진짜 개좋다.
    Jinjja gaejota.
    It's really fucking good.
Usage notesEdit

The prefix traditionally has a disparaging meaning only, but in modern slang it is used as a general vulgar intensifier regardless of the semantics involved.

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 개 (Yale: kay).

PronunciationEdit

Revised Romanization? gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gae
McCune–Reischauer? kae
Yale Romanization? kay

NounEdit

개 • (gae)

  1. estuary
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
  • 갯가 (gaetga, “strandline”)

Etymology 4Edit

Sino-Korean word from 個/箇 (“classifier for people or objects”)

CounterEdit

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?
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

SyllableEdit

개 (gae)

Extended content
  1. 改:
    (MC reading: 改 (MC kʌiX))
  2. 皆:
    (MC reading: 皆 (MC kˠɛi))
  3. 個:
    (MC reading: 個 (MC kɑH))
  4. 開:
    (MC reading: 開 (MC kʰʌi))
  5. 介:
    (MC reading: 介 (MC kˠɛiH))
  6. 慨:
    (MC reading: 慨 (MC kʰʌiH))
  7. 槪:
    (MC reading: 槪)
  8. 蓋:
    (MC reading: 蓋 (MC kɑiH, ɦɑp̚, kɑp̚))
  9. 价:
    (MC reading: 价 (MC kˠɛiH))
  10. 凱:
    (MC reading: 凱 (MC kʰʌiX))
  11. 愷:
    (MC reading: 愷 (MC kʰʌiX))
  12. 漑:
    (MC reading: 漑)
  13. 塏:
    (MC reading: 塏 (MC kʰʌiX))
  14. 愾:
    (MC reading: 愾 (MC hɨiH, kʰʌiH))
  15. 疥:
    (MC reading: 疥 (MC kˠɛiH))
  16. 芥:
    (MC reading: 芥 (MC kˠɛiH))
  17. 豈:
    (MC reading: 豈 (MC kʰɨiX))
  18. 鎧:
    (MC reading: 鎧 (MC kʰʌiX, kʰʌiH))
  19. 玠:
    (MC reading: 玠 (MC kˠɛiH))
  20. 剴:
    (MC reading: 剴 (MC kʌi, ŋʌi))
  21. 匃:
    (MC reading: 匃 (MC kɑiH, kɑt̚))
  22. 揩:
    (MC reading: 揩 (MC kʰˠɛi, kʰˠɛiH))
  23. 槩:
    (MC reading: 槩 (MC kʌiH))
  24. 磕:
    (MC reading: 磕 (MC kʰɑiH, kʰɑt̚, kʰɑp̚))
  25. 闓:
    (MC reading: 闓 (MC kʰʌiX, kʰʌiH))
  26. 箇: Alternative form of 個
    (MC reading: 箇 (MC kɑH))
  27. 盖: Alternative form of 蓋
    (MC reading: 盖)
  28. 丐:
    (MC reading: 丐 (MC kɑiH))
  29. 个:
    (MC reading: 个 (MC kɑH))
  30. 佳:
    (MC reading: 佳 (MC kˠɛ))
  31. 匄:
    (MC reading: 匄)
  32. 喈:
    (MC reading: 喈 (MC kˠɛi))
  33. 嘅:
    (MC reading: 嘅 (MC kʰʌiH))
  34. 恝:
    (MC reading: 恝)
  35. 概:
    (MC reading: 概)
  36. 溉:
    (MC reading: 溉 (MC kɨiH, kʌiH))
  37. 解:
    (MC reading: 解 (MC ɦˠɛX, kˠɛX, kˠɛH, ɦˠɛH))

Etymology 6Edit

PronunciationEdit

Revised Romanization? gae
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gae
McCune–Reischauer? kae
Yale Romanization? kay

SuffixEdit

—개 • (-gae)

  1. an agentive suffix

ReferencesEdit

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