궤

궤 U+ADA4, 궤 HANGUL SYLLABLE GWE Composition: ㄱ + ㅞ ← 궣 [U+ADA3] Hangul Syllables 궥 → [U+ADA5]

궤궥궦궧궨궩궪 궫궬궭궮궯궰궱 궲궳궴궵궶궷궸 궹궺궻궼궽궾궿
궈 ←	→ 귀

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 괴 (goe, “cat (obsolete)”)

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kwe⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kwe]
• Phonetic hangul: [궤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwe
Yale Romanization?	kwey

Noun

궤 (gwe)

1. cat

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [궤]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwe
McCune–Reischauer?	kwe
Yale Romanization?	kwey

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 櫃 (“chest”)

Noun

궤 • (gwe) (hanja 櫃)

1. a chest; a coffer; a box

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 軌 (“track”)

Noun

궤 • (gwe) (hanja 軌)

1. (archaic) a track

Usage notes

Only used in some idioms like 궤를 같이하다 (gwereul gachihada) and 궤를 달리하다 (gwereul dallihada).

Etymology 3

Related to 게 (ge), compare Chungcheong, Pyongan and alternative Gyeonggi 괴 (goe).

Noun

궤 • (gwe)

1. Seoul and Hwanghae form of 게 (ge, “crab”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

궤 • (gwe)

More information

1. 軌: track, rut, path

   (eumhun reading: 수레바퀴 사이 궤 (surebakwi sai gwe))
   (MC reading: 軌 (MC kwijX))

2. 机:

   (MC reading: 机 (MC kjij|kjijX))

3. 櫃:

   (MC reading: 櫃 (MC gwijH))

4. 潰:

   (MC reading: 潰 (MC -))

5. 詭:

   (MC reading: 詭 (MC kjweX))

6. 饋:

   (MC reading: 饋 (MC gwijH))

7. 佹:

   (MC reading: 佹 (MC kjweX))

8. 几: back rest; desk

   (eumhun reading: 안석 궤 (anseok gwe))
   (MC reading: 几 (MC kjijX))

9. 劂:

   (MC reading: 劂 (MC -))

10. 匱:

    (MC reading: 匱 (MC gwijH))

11. 憒:

    (MC reading: 憒 (MC kwojH))

12. 撅:

    (MC reading: 撅 (MC -))

13. 樻:

    (MC reading: 樻 (MC gwijH|khwijH))

14. 氿:

    (MC reading: 氿 (MC kwijX))

15. 簋:

    (MC reading: 簋 (MC kwijX))

16. 繢:

    (MC reading: 繢 (MC -))

17. 跪:

    (MC reading: 跪 (MC khjweX|gjweX))

18. 闠:

    (MC reading: 闠 (MC -))

19. 餽:

    (MC reading: 餽 (MC gwijH))

20. 麂:

    (MC reading: 麂 (MC kjijX))

21. 凧:

    (MC reading: 凧)

22. 匭:

    (MC reading: 匭 (MC kwijX))

23. 厬:

    (MC reading: 厬 (MC kwijX))

24. 圚:

    (MC reading: 圚)

25. 垝:

    (MC reading: 垝 (MC kjweX|kjweH))

26. 㙺:

    (MC reading: 㙺)

27. 姽:

    (MC reading: 姽 (MC kjweX))

28. 嬇:

    (MC reading: 嬇 (MC khweajH))

29. 㧪:

    (MC reading: 㧪)

30. 祪:

    (MC reading: 祪 (MC kjweX))

31. 簂:

    (MC reading: 簂 (MC kwojH))

32. 簣:

    (MC reading: 簣 (MC gwijH|khweajH))

33. 籄:

    (MC reading: 籄)

34. 蔮:

    (MC reading: 蔮 (MC kwojH))

35. 蛫:

    (MC reading: 蛫 (MC kjweX))

36. 觤:

    (MC reading: 觤 (MC kjweX))

37. 蹶: to move

    (eumhun reading: 움직일 궤 (umjigil gwe))
    (MC reading: 蹶 (MC kjwejH))

38. 鐀:

    (MC reading: 鐀)

39. 鱖:

    (MC reading: 鱖 (MC kjwejH))

40. 歸: alternative form of 饋

    (MC reading: 歸 (MC kjw+j))

References

• 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), page 5. [1]
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]