서

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Contents 1 Korean 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Syllable 1.1.1.1 Usage notes 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.4 Etymology 4 1.4.1 Particle 1.4.1.1 Usage notes 1.4.1.2 Synonyms

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[edit] Etymology 1

서 석 섞 섟 선 섡 섢 섣 설 섥 섦 섧 섨 섩 섪 섫 섬 섭 섮 섯 섰 성 섲 섳 섴 섵 섶 섷
섀 ←	세 →

[edit] Syllable

서 (transliterations: Revised seo, Yale se)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅅ and ㅓ.

[edit] Usage notes

• Keystroke sequence on a South Korean dubeolsik keyboard: t-j.
• Unicode representation: U+C11C

[edit] Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

[edit] Noun

서 (seo, hanja 西)

1. west

서 (seo, hanja 書)

1. book

[edit] Etymology 3

Of native Korean origin. Cf. 셋 (set, “three”)

[edit] Noun

서 (seo)

1. three; Variant form of 셋.

[edit] Synonyms

• 셋 (set)

[edit] Etymology 4

Of native Korean origin. Cf. 에서 (eseo, “from, in, at, on”)

[edit] Particle

서 (seo)

1. (denoting movement) from
2. (locative, denoting a place where something happens) in, at, on

[edit] Usage notes

• 서 (seo) is the simple form of 에서 (eseo), used for phonetic reasons.

[edit] Synonyms

• 에서 (eseo)