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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