갱

갱 U+AC31, 갱 HANGUL SYLLABLE GAENG Composition: ㄱ + ㅐ + ㅇ ← 갰 [U+AC30] Hangul Syllables 갲 → [U+AC32]

개객갞갟갠갡갢 갣갤갥갦갧갨갩 갪갫갬갭갮갯갰 갱갲갳갴갵갶갷
가 ←	→ 갸

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 坑 (“pit”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛŋ] ~ [ke̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [갱/겡]

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

Noun

갱 • (gaeng) (hanja 坑)

1. pit, shaft

Derived terms

• 갱구 (gaenggu)
• 갱도 (gaengdo)
• 갱목 (gaengmok)

Syllable

갱 (gaeng)

1. 坑, 更, 硜, 粳, 羹, 賡, 鏗

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English gang.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛŋ] ~ [ke̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [갱/겡]

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]‎^[1], 우즈베키스탄 타슈켄트 [ujeubekiseutan tasyukenteu]:

     큰 이런 갱 있더라구마

     keun ireon gaeng it-deoraguma

     There was this big river.