짓

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짓 U+C9D3, 짓
HANGUL SYLLABLE JIS
Composition:ㅈ + ㅣ + ㅅ
← 짒
[U+C9D2] 		Hangul Syllables 짔 →
[U+C9D4]
지직짂짃진짅짆
짇질짉짊짋짌짍
짎짏짐집짒짓짔
징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←→ 짜
See also: 짓-

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 즈ᇫ〯 (Yale: cǔz). From Old Korean 皃 (*CUS), but the phonologically opaque nature of the orthography means that the only thing that can be said about the Old Korean form was that its coda consonant was *-s. The Old and Middle Korean word primarily meant "appearance"; "visage"; "shape", including both static appearance and dynamic behavior. The modern Korean term refers only to the latter.

Another semantic shift appears to have occurred at some point. The Old Korean word is attested primarily in positive contexts, but by the Middle Korean period it was often negative. In Modern Korean the word virtually always has a negative connotation.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi(ː)t̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [짇(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jis
McCune–Reischauer?chit
Yale Romanization?cīs

Noun

짓 • (jit)

  1. (chiefly negative) a physical act or movement
    이게 뭐 하는 짓이니?! ― Ige mwo haneun jisini?! ― What are you doing?!

Derived terms

Middle Korean

Noun

짓〮 (cís)

  1. Isolated form spelling of 짗〮 (cích, “feather”)
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