갱

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갱 U+AC31, 갱
HANGUL SYLLABLE GAENG
Composition:ㄱ + ㅐ + ㅇ
← 갰
 		Hangul Syllables 갲 →
개객갞갟갠갡갢
갣갤갥갦갧갨갩
갪갫갬갭갮갯갰
갱갲갳갴갵갶갷
가 ←→ 갸

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 坑 (“pit”)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaeng
McCune–Reischauer?kaeng
Yale Romanization?kayng

Noun

갱 • (gaeng) (hanja 坑)

  1. pit, shaft
Derived terms

Syllable

갱 • (gaeng)

  1. 坑, 更, 硜, 粳, 羹, 賡, 鏗

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gang.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaeng
McCune–Reischauer?kaeng
Yale Romanization?kayng

Noun

갱 • (gaeng)

  1. gang, gangster

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 江.

Noun

갱 • (gaeng) (hanja 江)

  1. (Gyeongsang, Russia, Presumably also Yukjin or Hamgyong) Dialectal form of 강(江) (gang, “river”)
    • 2015 February 15, 신 크세이냐 본서너브나 [sin keuseinya bonseoneobeuna], “저승 갔다 온 사람 [jeoseung gatda on saram]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 우즈베키스탄 타슈켄트 [ujeubekiseutan tasyukenteu]:
      큰 이런 갱 있더라구마
      keun ireon gaeng it-deoraguma
      There was this big river.
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