Date
Name Gaon
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Korean (Modern)
Scripts 가온(Korean Hangul) 歌穩, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Other Forms FormsGa-on
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Meaning & History
Shortened from 가온대/가온데/가온듸 (gaondae/gaonde/gaondui), archaic variants of the word 가운데 (gaunde) meaning "centre, middle." It can also be written into hanja, combining a ga hanja, e.g. 歌 meaning "song," with an on hanja, e.g. 穩 meaning "comfortable; calm, quiet."