집

집 U+C9D1, 집 HANGUL SYLLABLE JIB Composition: ㅈ + ㅣ + ㅂ ← 짐 [U+C9D0] Hangul Syllables 짒 → [U+C9D2]

지직짂짃진짅짆 짇질짉짊짋짌짍 짎짏짐집짒짓짔 징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←	→ 짜

Jeju

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Korean 집 (cìp). Cognate with Korean 집 (jip).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕip⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕip̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [집]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jib
Yale Romanization?	cip

Noun

집 (jip)

1. house
2. nest

Derived terms

• 술집 (suljip)

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested as Late Old Korean 孫集移室 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)^[1], 1103. 孫 means guest (손 (son)). 室 means to stay (쉬다 (swida)).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 집 (Yale: cìp). Cognate with Jeju 집 (jip).

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio:

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• Phonetic hangul: [집]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jib
McCune–Reischauer?	chip
Yale Romanization?	cip

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 집의 / 집에 / 집까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

집 • (jip)

1. home, house

   집에 돌아오다 ― jib-e doraoda ― to return home

   집에 온 이후부터 ― jib-e on ihubuteo ― since I got home

   그 애 집까지 다시 태워다 줬어.

   Geu ae jip-kkaji dasi taewoda jwosseo.

   I gave him a lift back to his place.

2. household

   Synonym: (honorific) 댁(宅) (daek)

3. sheath, case

Derived terms

• 집괭이 (jipgwaeng'i, “domestic cat”)
• 집밥 (jipbap, “homemade food”)
• 집사람 (jipsaram, “wife”)
• 집안 (jiban, “household”)
• 집오리 (jibori, “domesticated duck”)
• 집유령거미 (jibyuryeonggeomi, “cellar spider”)
• 집쥐 (jipjwi, “in-house rat”)
• 집집 (jipjip, “every house”)
• 집채 (jipchae, “size of a house”)
• 집터 (jipteo, “site for a house”)

Related terms

• 계집 (gyejip)
• 지붕 (jibung, “roof”)

See also

• 堂(당) (dang), the hanja for "hall, government office"
• 宙(주) (ju), the hanja for "house, ridgepole pillar"
• 室(실) (sil), the hanja for "room, home"
• 宮(궁) (gung), 宇(우) (u), the hanja for "house"
• 家(가) (ga), the hanja for "home, family, household"
• 屋(옥) (ok), the hanja for "house, building, shelter"
• 舍(사) (sa), the hanja for "house, dwell"

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 集.

Suffix

—집 • (-jip) (hanja 集)

1. collection of bound works; anthology, collected works

   ‎작품(作品) (jakpum, “works”) + ‎집(集) (jip, “collection”) → ‎작품집(作品集) (jakpumjip, “collected works”)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 集 for Sino-Korean compounds of 집 (集, jip).

See also

• Korean terms suffixed with -집 (集)

  가곡집

  노래집

  논문집

  단편집

  동화집

  명문집

  선집

  수필집

  숙어집

  시집

  어휘집

  자료집

  작품집

  희곡집

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sìp˨/, [t͡ɕìp̚˨]

Noun

집 (cìp) (locative 지븨〮 (cìp-úy))

1. house

Descendants

• Jeju: 집 (jip)
• Korean: 집 (jip)