즈ᇫ

Middle Korean

Etymology

From Old Korean 皃 (*CUS), attested together with a nominative case marker as 皃史 (*CUs-i) in Ujeok-ga and Mojukjirang-ga and also in Idu texts. The nature of Old Korean orthography, where only the final coda consonant of a noun is written phonetically, means that the only thing that can said about the Old Korean form is that its coda consonant was *-s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɨ̌z/, [t͡sɨ̌s̚]

Noun

즈ᇫ〯 (cǔz) (isolated 즛〯 (cǔs), locative 즈〯ᅀᅦ〮 (cǔz-éy))

1. visage; appearance; shape (e.g. of a person)
   • 1459, Worin seokbo 月印釋譜 / 월인석보, page 7:22b:

     다ᄉᆞᆺ〮 羅(랑)刹(차ᇙ〮)女(녕〯)ㅣ 골 업〯슨 즈ᇫ〯을〮 지ᅀᅡ〮

     tàsós LÀ.CHÁLQ.NYĚ-y kwòl ěps-ùn cǔz-úl cìz-á

     The five female demons formed a hideous appearance

2. (by extension) situation; circumstances; behavior

Descendants

• Korean: 짓 (jit, “act; movement; behavior”)