게

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

게 • (ge)

1. (colloquial) Contraction of 거이 (geo-i); nominative of 거 (geo)

   Synonym: (formal) 것이 (geot-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 clear cognate.

Consider also Northwestern 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.

게 (ge, “crab”)

• (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.

게 • (ge)

1. crab

• In contemporary Seoul pronunciation, 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”), 따각따각 게 (ttagakttagak ge, “crab that goes ttagak-ttagak”), 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]

게 • (ge)

1. (archaic) Contraction of 거기 (geogi, “there”).

   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).