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Korean
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | gagye |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gagye |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kagye |
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| Yale Romanization? | kakyey |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 家系, from 家 (“family”) + 系 (“bloodline”)
Noun
가계 • (gagye) (hanja 家系)
- A family line; bloodline; lineage
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 家 (“household”) + 計 (“calculating”)
Noun
가계 • (gagye) (hanja 家計)
- household economy; family income and expenditure
- living conditions of a family
Derived terms
Further reading
- 가계 in dictionaries at daum.net