집

Korean

지직짂짃진짅짆 짇질짉짊짋짌짍 짎짏짐집짒짓짔 징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←	→ 짜

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 집 (Yale: cip).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

1. home; house

   집에 돌아오다.

   jibe doraoda.

   to return home.

   집에 온 이후부터

   jibe on ihubuteo

   since I got home.

   그 애 집까지 다시 태워다 줬어.

   geu ae jipkkaji dasi taewoda jwosseo.

   I gave him a lift back to his place.

2. household
3. sheath, case

Synonyms

• (honorific) 댁 (宅, daek)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• (humble term) 집사람 (jipsaram, “wife”)
• 집안 (jiban, “family, household”)
• 집오리 (jibori, “duck, domesticated”)

• 집쥐 (jipjwi, “rat, inhouse”)
• 집채 (jipchae, “size, of a house”)
• 집터 (jipteo, “site, for a house”)

Related terms

• 지붕 (jibung): roof