그

Determiner

 * 1)  that

Usage notes
is used for items closer to the listener than to the speaker, and is used for items far from both the speaker and the listener

Etymology
The 3rd-person pronoun sense is widely believed to be introduced together with by  in the early 20th century, probably calque of , which became a personal pronoun in addition to a demonstrative pronoun due to the influence of European languages. However, the demonstratives, , and were all used occasionally in Middle Korean as 3rd person pronouns as well.

Determiner

 * 1)  that (of what has been already said or known)
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Usage notes
is used for items closer to the listener than to the speaker, and is used for items far from both the speaker and the listener

Pronoun

 * 1)  he, she

Usage notes
is an explicitly feminine third-person pronoun.

그 is never used as a pronoun in colloquial Korean. See for the colloquial pronoun.