셋

셋 U+C14B, 셋 HANGUL SYLLABLE SES Composition: ㅅ + ㅔ + ㅅ ← 셊 [U+C14A] Hangul Syllables 셌 → [U+C14C]

세섹섺섻센섽섾 섿셀셁셂셃셄셅 셆셇셈셉셊셋셌 셍셎셏셐셑셒셓
서 ←	→ 셔

Jeju

Etymology

Of native Jeju origin. Cognate with Korean 셋 (set).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰe̞ːt̚/

Numeral

셋 (set)

1. three

Alternative forms

• 싯 (sit)
• 서 (seo) (before ㄷ (d), ㅁ (m), ㅂ (b), ㅍ (p))
• 석 (seok) (before ㄴ (n), ㄷ (d), ㅅ (s), ㅈ (j))
• 세 (se) (with counters)

Synonyms

• 삼 (sam) (三) (Sino-Korean)

See also

• 설룬 (seollun) thirty

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Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 셓〯 (Yale: sěyh). A form similar to the Middle Korean is first attested in the twelfth-century Jilin leishi, which gives the Korean word for "three" as */sai/.

Beyond the Leishi, the reconstruction of the ancestral Koreanic root for "three" is difficult, although Alexander Vovin (Vovin 2010, p. 180) posits *seki as the direct antecedent (via metathesis) of Middle Korean sěyh, on the strength of the Middle Korean form 석〯 (Yale: sěk, “three”, determiner form taken before certain classifiers). See a list of relevant attestations and forms in Appendix:Historical Koreanic numerals#Three.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰe̞(ː)t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [섿(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	set
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ses
McCune–Reischauer?	set
Yale Romanization?	sēys

Korean numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  →
Native isol.: 셋 (set)     Native attr.: 세 (se), (dated) 석 (seok), (archaic) 서 (seo)     Sino-Korean: 삼 (sam)     Hanja: 三     Ordinal: 셋째 (setjjae)

Numeral

셋 • (set)

1. (native numeral) three (independently, without a classifier)

Related terms

• 서 (seo, “three”, determiner before certain words, fossilized)
• 석 (seok, “three”, determiner before certain words, fossilized)

See also

• 서른 (seoreun, “thirty”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet).

Proper noun

셋 • (Set)

1. (biblical) Seth (the third son of Adam and Eve)