Korean

Syllable

구 • ‎(gu)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ and ㅜ.

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Suffix

구 • ‎(gu)

1. a suffix deriving a causative verb.
   • 쇠가 뜨겁게 달아 있다. (Soega tteugeopge dara itda., “The iron got heated.”) → 대장장이가 쇠를 뜨겁게 달군다. (Daejangjang-iga soereul tteugeopge dalgunda., “The blacksmith is heating the iron.”)

Synonyms

• -이 (i)/히 (hi)/리 (ri)/기 (gi)/우 (u)/추 (chu)- : suffixes deriving causative verbsn

Etymology 3

Suffix

구 • ‎(gu)

1. a colloquial variant of suffix -고 (go).

Etymology 4

Reading of various Chinese characters.

Numeral

구 • ‎(gu) ‎(hanja 九)

1. (cardinal) nine

Usage notes

In Modern Korean, numbers are almost always written in Arabic numerals.

Noun

구 • ‎(gu)

1. (球) sphere
2. (狗) dog
3. (區) Administrative division of a city (ward or district)
4. (具) unit for counting corpses

Suffix

구 • ‎(gu)

1. (-口) hole, doorway, counter
2. (-俱) item for...

Prefix

구 • ‎(gu)

1. (舊-) former, old

See also

• 공 (gong)

• (Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리 ‎(ri), 동 ‎(dong), 면 ‎(myeon), 읍 ‎(eup), 구 ‎(gu), 군 ‎(gun), 시 ‎(si), 도 ‎(do)

Syllable

구 (gu)

1. 丘, 丠, 丩, 久, 乆, 九, 仇, 佉, 佝, 俅, 俱, 倃, 倶, 傴, 具, 冓, 劬, 劶, 勼, 勾, 匓, 匛, 匶, 区, 區, 厩, 厹, 口, 句, 叴, 呴, 咎, 嘔, 坵, 坸, 垢, 夻, 姤, 媾, 嫗, 寇, 屨, 岣, 嶇, 廄, 廏, 廐, 彀, 懼, 戵, 扣, 拒, 拘, 捄, 搆, 摳, 救, 旧, 昫, 枸, 柩, 柾, 榘, 構, 歐, 毆, 毬, 求, 溝, 漚, 灸, 狗, 玖, 球, 璆, 甌, 疚, 痀, 癯, 瞿, 矩, 穀, 究, 窛, 窶, 篝, 糗, 絿, 耇, 耈, 耉, 胊, 臼, 舅, 舊, 苟, 蒟, 蚯, 衢, 裘, 覯, 詬, 謳, 購, 軀, 逑, 遘, 邱, 釦, 鉤, 銶, 鞫, 鞲, 韝, 韭, 韮, 颶, 駆, 駈, 駒, 驅, 鬮, 鳩, 鷇, 鷗, 鸜, 鼽, 龜