절

절 U+C808, 절 HANGUL SYLLABLE JEOL Composition: ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄹ ← 젇 [U+C807] Hangul Syllables 젉 → [U+C809]

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쟤 ←	→ 제

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 결 (gyeol).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕəɭ/

Noun

절 (jeol)

1. wave

Synonyms

• 놀 (nol)
• 노대 (nodae)

References

• “절” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 節.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏl
Yale Romanization?	cel

Noun

절 • (jeol) (hanja 節)

1. a verse, passage, paragraph
2. (grammar) clause

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 節 for Sino-Korean compounds of 절 (節, jeol).

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 절〮 (Yale: cyél).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏl
Yale Romanization?	cel

Noun

절 • (jeol)

1. bow; greeting

   부모님께 절을 올리다 ― bumonim-kke jeor-eul ollida ― to bow to one's parents

Derived terms

• 절하다 (jeolhada)
• 큰절 (keunjeol)
• 맞절 (matjeol)

Etymology 3

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 뎔〮 (Yale: tyél).

Possibly from Middle Chinese 剎 (MC tsrhaet), abbreviation of 剎多羅 (MC tsrhaet ta la), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra). Cognate with Japanese 寺 (tera, “Buddhist temple”), which has been thought to have been a borrowing from an ancient Koreanic language. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏl
Yale Romanization?	cel

Noun

절 • (jeol)

1. Buddhist monastery / temple

   Synonym: 사찰(寺刹) (sachal)

   절을 찾아 마음을 수양해야겠다. ― Jeor-eul chaja ma'eum-eul suyanghaeyagetda. ― I've got to find a temple to cultivate my soul.

Proverbs

• 절에 가면 중이 되라 (jeore gamyeon jung'i doera)

Derived terms

• 절간 (jeolgan)
• 절당 (jeoldang)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏl
Yale Romanization?	cel

Pronoun

절 • (jeol)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 저를 (jeo-reul, “me”, first-person singular polite pronoun used as a direct object)

Etymology 5

Noun

절 • (jeol)

1. (dialectal, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang) chopsticks

   Synonym: (standard South Korean) 젓가락 (jeotgarak)

Etymology 6

Verb

절 • (jeol)

1. Future adnominal of 절다 (jeolda)

Etymology 7

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

절 (jeol)

Extended content

㐉: a slave, a maid (MC reading: 㐉) 㑜: engrave (eumhun reading: 새길 절 (saegil jeol)) (MC reading: 㑜 (MC yejH|trhjejH)) 伽: (MC reading: 伽 (MC gja)) 切: to cut; everything (eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol)) (MC reading: 切 (MC tshejH|tshet)) 卩: military authorization seal (eumhun reading: 병부 절 (byeongbu jeol)) (MC reading: 卩) 姪: (MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det)) 岊: (MC reading: 岊 (MC dzet)) 帙: (MC reading: 帙 (MC drit)) 截: sever (eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol)) (MC reading: 截) 折: (MC reading: 折 (MC dej|tsyet|dzyet)) 晢: (MC reading: 晢 (MC tsyejH|tsyet)) 浙: (MC reading: 浙 (MC tsyet)) 準: standard (eumhun reading: 준할 절 (junhal jeol)) (MC reading: 準 (MC tsywinX|tsywet)) 癤: (MC reading: 癤 (MC tset)) 窃: (MC reading: 窃) 窒: (MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet)) 竊: to steal (eumhun reading: 훔칠 절 (humchil jeol)) (MC reading: 竊 (MC tshet)) 節: section (eumhun reading: 마디 절 (madi jeol)) (MC reading: 節 (MC tset)) 絶: end (eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol)) (MC reading: 絶) 絕: Alternative form of 絶 (MC reading: 絕 (MC dzjwet))