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 here for particles and suffixes)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ke̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [게]

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

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 siltae. ― He says he doesn't like studying.

• Expected 거가 (geo-ga) is not common.

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.

• (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

게 • (ge)

1. crab

• 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'”).

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ke̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [게]

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

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?

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

게 (ge)

• 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). [1]