U+C8C4, 죄
HANGUL SYLLABLE JOE
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[U+C8C3]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C8C5]




좨 ←→ 죠

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from (fault), from the Middle Korean reading 죄〯 (Yale: cwǒy).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwe̞(ː)] ~ [t͡ɕø̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?joe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?joe
McCune–Reischauer?choe
Yale Romanization?cōy
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 죄 / 죄까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

(joe) (hanja )

  1. fault; wrongdoing
  2. (law) criminal offense
  3. (religion) sin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

First attested in the Iryun haengsildo (二倫行實圖 / 이륜행실도), 1518 (Oksan Seowon ed.), as Middle Korean  (Yale: cwoy).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕwe̞(ː)] ~ [t͡ɕø̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?joe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?joe
McCune–Reischauer?choe
Yale Romanization?cōy

Adverb

(joe)

  1. all, entirely, completely
Derived terms
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