고

고 U+ACE0, 고 HANGUL SYLLABLE GO Composition: ㄱ + ㅗ ← 곟 [U+ACDF] Hangul Syllables 곡 → [U+ACE1]

고곡곢곣곤곥곦 곧골곩곪곫곬곭 곮곯곰곱곲곳곴 공곶곷곸곹곺곻
계 ←	→ 과

(see above for suffixes and particles)

Yang-vowel form of 그 (geu). Compare 요 (yo), 조 (jo).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [고]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	go
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	go
McCune–Reischauer?	ko
Yale Romanization?	ko

고 • (go)

1. (colloquial) diminutive of 그 (geu, “that”): that little

   고거 너무 귀엽다! ― Gogeo neomu gwiyeopda! ― That's so cute!

Sino-Korean word from 故 (“old, previous, former”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [고(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	go
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	go
McCune–Reischauer?	ko
Yale Romanization?	kō

고 • (go) (hanja 故)

1. the late, deceased (before personal names)

• See the hanja entry at 故 for Sino-Korean compounds of 고 (故, go).

Sino-Korean word from 高 (“high”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [고]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	go
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	go
McCune–Reischauer?	ko
Yale Romanization?	ko

고 • (go) (hanja 高)

1. (formal, uncommon) height

   Synonym: (more common) 높이 (nopi)

2. (only in school names) Short for 고등학교(高等學校) (godeunghakgyo, “high school”).

   서울고 ― Seoul-go ― Seoul High School

고— • (go-) (hanja 高)

1. elevated, high

   Antonym: 저(低) (jeo)

   ‎고(高) (go) + ‎퀄 (kwol, from English quality) → ‎고퀄 (gokwol, “high-quality”)

   ‎고(高) (go) + ‎혈압(血壓) (hyeorap, “blood pressure”) → ‎고혈압(高血壓) (gohyeorap, “elevated blood pressure”)

—고 • (-go) (hanja 高)

1. quantity, amount

• See the hanja entry at 高 for Sino-Korean compounds of 고 (高, go).

Sino-Korean word from 苦 (“suffering”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [고]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	go
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	go
McCune–Reischauer?	ko
Yale Romanization?	ko

고 • (go) (hanja 苦)

1. (literary or Buddhism) suffering

   Synonym: 괴로움 (goeroum)

• See the hanja entry at 苦 for Sino-Korean compounds of 고 (苦, go).

Sino-Korean word from 古 (“old, ancient”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [고(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	go
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	go
McCune–Reischauer?	ko
Yale Romanization?	kō

고— • (go-) (hanja 古)

1. old, ancient

   ‎고(古) (go) + ‎서적(書籍) (seojeok, “books and documents”) → ‎고서적(古書籍) (goseojeok, “premodern books and documents”)

• See the hanja entry at 故 for Sino-Korean compounds of 고 (故, go).

Sino-Korean word from 告 (“to report; to inform”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [고]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	go
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	go
McCune–Reischauer?	ko
Yale Romanization?	ko

고 • (go) (hanja 告)

1. Root of 고하다 (gohada, “to report”). Rarely used alone.

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

고 (go)