각하

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 閣下, from 閣 (“palace”) + 下 (“below”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠kʰa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [가카]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gakha
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gagha
McCune–Reischauer^?	kakha
Yale Romanization^?	kak.ha

Noun

각하 • (gakha) (hanja 閣下)

(honorific) (Mr/Madame) President
Synonym: 대통령 님 (daetongnyeong nim)
- 2005, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, 5th Republic, episode 1, spoken by Kim Jae-gyu (Kim Hyung-il):
  
  각하, 이따위 버러지 같은 놈 을 데리고 정치 하니, 정치 가 올바른 되 겠 습니까?
  gakha, ittawi beoreoji gateun nom-eul derigo jeongchihani, jeongchi-ga olbareun doe-get-seumnikka?
  Mr. President (Park Chung-hee), how can you stay upright in politics when staying with such a piece of shit (Cha Ji-cheol)?
(your) Excellency
Your Honour

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