괴

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괴 U+AD34, 괴
HANGUL SYLLABLE GOE
Composition:ㄱ + ㅚ
← 괳
 		Hangul Syllables 괵 →
괴괵괶괷괸괹괺
괻괼괽괾괿굀굁
굂굃굄굅굆굇굈
굉굊굋굌굍굎굏
괘 ←→ 교

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 鬼尼 (Yale: *kwò(y)ní) (Martin 1996, p. 38).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 괴〯 (Yale: kwǒy).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?goe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?goe
McCune–Reischauer?koe
Yale Romanization?kōy

Noun

괴 • (goe) (counter 마리)

  1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, otherwise archaic or obsolete) cat
    Synonym: (Standard Seoul) 고양이 (goyang'i)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to standard Korean 게 (ge).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?goe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?goe
McCune–Reischauer?koe
Yale Romanization?kōy

Noun

괴 • (goe)

  1. Seoul, Chungcheong, and Pyongan form of 게 (ge, “crab”)
    • 2009 January 2, 김준권 [gimjun'gwon], “게 대신 소똥을 내려 보낸 도깨비의 장난 [ge daesin sottong'eul naeryeo bonaen dokkaebiui jangnan]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 경기도 김포시 월곶면 [gyeonggido gimposi wolgonmyeon]:
      비가 오면은 논에서 인제, 괴가 개울을 따라서 내려오는 거야.
      Bi-ga o-myeon-eun non-e-seo inje, goe-ga gae'ur-eul ttara-seo naeryeoo-neun geoya.
      When it rained, the crabs would follow the brook and come down into the paddy fields.

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

괴 (goe)

More information
  1. 塊:
    (MC reading: 塊 (MC khwojH))
  2. 愧:
    (MC reading: 愧 (MC kwijH))
  3. 怪:
    (MC reading: 怪 (MC kweajH))
  4. 壞:
    (MC reading: 壞 (MC kweajH))
  5. 乖:
    (MC reading: 乖 (MC kweaj))
  6. 傀:
    (MC reading: 傀 (MC kwoj|khwojX))
  7. 拐:
    (MC reading: 拐 (MC -))
  8. 槐:
    (MC reading: 槐 (MC -))
  9. 魁:
    (MC reading: 魁 (MC khwoj))
  10. 媿:
    (MC reading: 媿 (MC kwijH))
  11. 廥:
    (MC reading: 廥 (MC kwajH))
  12. 瑰:
    (MC reading: 瑰 (MC kwoj))
  13. 璝:
    (MC reading: 璝)
  14. 蒯:
    (MC reading: 蒯 (MC khweajH))
  15. 襘:
    (MC reading: 襘 (MC kwajH))
  16. 儈:
    (MC reading: 儈 (MC kwajH))
  17. 坏:
    (MC reading: 坏)
  18. 坯:
    (MC reading: 坯 (MC -))
  19. 巜:
    (MC reading: 巜 (MC kwajH))
  20. 旝:
    (MC reading: 旝 (MC kwajH))
  21. 會:
    (MC reading: 會 (MC kwajH))
  22. 桅:
    (MC reading: 桅 (MC kjweX))
  23. 櫆:
    (MC reading: 櫆)
  24. 欳:
    (MC reading: 欳)
  25. 澮:
    (MC reading: 澮 (MC kwajH))
  26. 烠:
    (MC reading: 烠 (MC -))
  27. 瓌:
    (MC reading: 瓌 (MC kwoj))
  28. 癐:
    (MC reading: 癐)
  29. 蕢:
    (MC reading: 蕢 (MC khweajH))
  30. 蘾:
    (MC reading: 蘾 (MC -))
  31. 鄶:
    (MC reading: 鄶 (MC kwajH))
  32. 頯:
    (MC reading: 頯 (MC kwijX))
  33. 騩:
    (MC reading: 騩 (MC kwij|kwijH))
  34. 䯣:
    (MC reading: 䯣 (MC khwijH))
  35. 恠: Alternative form of 怪
    (MC reading: 恠 (MC kweajH))
  36. 凷: Alternative form of 塊
    (MC reading: 凷 (MC khwojH))

Middle Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

괴〯 (kwǒy)

  1. a cat

Descendants

  • Jeju: 고냉이 (gonaeng'i), 고낭이 (gonang'i), 궤 (gwe)
  • Korean: 괴 (goe)
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