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저 U+C800, 저 HANGUL SYLLABLE JEO Composition: ㅈ + ㅓ ← 쟿 [U+C7FF] Hangul Syllables 적 → [U+C801]

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쟤 ←	→ 제

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 저 (jeo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə/

Pronoun

저 (jeo)

1. (determiner) that

See also

• 그 (geu, “that”)
• 이 (i, “this”)

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 뎌〮 (Yale: tyé). From Old Korean 彼 (*TYE).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	ce

Determiner

저 • (jeo)

1. that (distal determiner)

   Synonym: 조 (jo, “that”, diminutive)

   Coordinate terms: (proximal) 이 (i, “this”), (mesial) 그 (geu, “that”)

   저기 저 나무를 봐 봐. ― Jeogi jeo namu-reul bwa bwa. ― Take a look at that tree over there.

Pronoun

저 • (jeo)

1. that, that thing

   Synonym: 저것 (jeogeot, “that thing”)

Derived terms

• 저들 (jeodeul, “they/them (over there)”)

See also

Korean demonstratives edit
Determiner		이	그	저	어느
Pronoun	Human	이이	그이	저이	뉘
		이분	그분	저분	어느 분
		이자	그자	저자
		얘	걔	쟤
	Object	이	(그)	(저)	어느
		이것	그것	저것	어느 것
		이거	그거	저거	어느 거
	Place	여기	거기	저기	어디
		이곳	그곳	저곳	어느 곳
	Direction	이쪽	그쪽	저쪽	어느 쪽
	Time	이때	그때	접때	언제
Verb		이러다	그러다	저러다	어쩌다
		이리하다	그리하다	저리하다	어찌하다
Adjective		이렇다	그렇다	저렇다	어떻다
		이러하다	그러하다	저러하다	어떠하다
Adverb		이리	그리	저리	어찌
		이렇게	그렇게	저렇게	어떻게
		이만큼	그만큼	저만큼	얼마만큼(얼마큼)

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	ce

Pronoun

저 • (jeo)

1. (humble) I, me; the first-person singular polite pronoun

   Synonym: (non-humble) 나 (na, “I, me”)

   어제, 저는 기차를 탔습니다. ― Eoje, jeo-neun gicha-reul tatseumnida. ― Yesterday, I took a train.

Alternative forms

• 제 (je) — allomorph before 가 (-ga, nominative case marker)

Derived terms

• 저희 (jeohui, “we; us”)

Related terms

• 제 (je, “my”)

Etymology 3

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 折.

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 져〮 (Yale: cyé). The hanja form is from a conflation with 箸 (jeo, “chopsticks”), which happens to be a perfect—albeit etymologically unrelated—semantic and phonetic match. The spelling is unetymological as the two were not historically the same: the character was read as 뎌〯 (tyě) in Middle Korean, whereas the word was 져〮 (cyé) in Middle Korean. Also compare dialectal 절 (jeol).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	ce

Noun

저 • (jeo) (hanja 箸)

1. (dated or in compounds) chopstick(s)

   Synonym: 젓가락 (jeotgarak)

Derived terms

• 나무저 (namujeo)
• 대저 (daejeo)
• 부저 (bujeo)
• 상아저 (sang'ajeo)
• 소독저 (sodokjeo)
• 수저 (sujeo)
• 위생저 (wisaengjeo)
• 저통 (jeotong)
• 젓가락 (jeotgarak)
• 죽저 (jukjeo)

 

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	cē

Interjection

저 • (jeo)

1. um..., uh... (conveys hesitation or a pause in speech)

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 著.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	cē

Noun

저 • (jeo) (hanja 著)

1. written by... (written after the author's name)

   이상 저 ― I Sang jeo ― [written] by Yi Sang

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 著 for Sino-Korean compounds of 저 (著, jeo).

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 底.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	cē

Noun

저 • (jeo) (hanja 底)

1. (mathematics) base of a logarithm

   Synonym: 밑 (mit)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 底 for Sino-Korean compounds of 저 (底, jeo).

Etymology 7

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 뎧 (Yale: tyèh).

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 적 (笛, jeok), of which this is a doublet. Displaced by Korean 피리 (piri), a borrowing from Early Mandarin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	ce

Noun

저 • (jeo)

1. (music, archaic) flute; pipe

Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 低.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [저(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏ
Yale Romanization?	cē

Prefix

저— • (jeo-) (hanja 低)

1. low

   Antonym: 고(高) (go-, “high”)

   ‎저(低) (jeo-) + ‎소득(所得) (sodeuk, “income”) → ‎저소득(低所得) (jeosodeuk, “low-income”)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 低 for Sino-Korean compounds of 저 (低, jeo).

Etymology 9

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

저 (jeo)

Extended content
著: (MC reading: 著 (MC drjo|trjoX|trjoH|trjak|drjak)) 貯: (MC reading: 貯 (MC trjoX)) 低: (MC reading: 低 (MC tej)) 底: (MC reading: 底 (MC tejX)) 抵: (MC reading: 抵 (MC tejX)) 沮: (MC reading: 沮 (MC tshjo|tsjo|tsrjo|dzjoX|tsjoH)) 邸: (MC reading: 邸 (MC tejX)) 猪: (MC reading: 猪 (MC trjo)) 姐: (MC reading: 姐 (MC tsjaeX)) 箸: (MC reading: 箸 (MC trjoH|drjoH))