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U+C885, 종
HANGUL SYLLABLE JONG
Composition: + +

[U+C884]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C886]




졔 ←→ 좌

Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 죠ᇰ〯 (Yale: cyǒng). Probably a nativisation of the Sino-Korean term (jong, follower, attendant, entourage) (Martin 1996, p. 30).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jong
McCune–Reischauer?chong
Yale Romanization?cōng
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 종 / 종까지

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

Noun

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(jong)

  1. servant
    Synonym: 하인(下人) (hain)
  2. slave

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading 죠ᇰ (Yale: cyòng).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jong
McCune–Reischauer?chong
Yale Romanization?cong

Noun

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(jong) (hanja )

  1. bell (instrument)
    치다jong'eul chidato clang a bell
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from , from the Middle Korean reading 죠ᇰ〯 (Yale: cyǒng).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jong
McCune–Reischauer?chong
Yale Romanization?cōng

Noun

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(jong) (hanja )

  1. (less common) tumour
    Synonym: (more common) 종기(腫氣) (jonggi)
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jong
McCune–Reischauer?chong
Yale Romanization?cong

Noun

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(jong) (hanja )

  1. breed; kind; seed
    Synonym: 종자(種子) (jongja)
  2. kind; sort; type
    Synonym: 종류(種類) (jongnyu)
  3. (biology, taxonomy) a species
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Suffix

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—종 (-jong) (hanja )

  1. breed; kind
    재래 (在來)jaeraejongnative species
    외래 (外來)oeraejongintroduced species
    개량 (改良)gaeryangjongimproved breed

Derived terms

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Etymology 5

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(jong)