체

체 U+CCB4, 체 HANGUL SYLLABLE CE Composition: ㅊ + ㅔ ← 첳 [U+CCB3] Hangul Syllables 첵 → [U+CCB5]

체첵첶첷첸첹첺 첻첼첽첾첿쳀쳁 쳂쳃쳄쳅쳆쳇쳈 쳉쳊쳋쳌쳍쳎쳏
처 ←	→ 쳐

See also: -체

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 體 (“body”), from the Middle Korean reading 톄〮 (Yale: thyéy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [체]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	che
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	che
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'e
Yale Romanization?	chey

Noun

체 • (che) (hanja 體)

1. physical body; (by extension) gait or build

   Synonym: (more common) 몸 (mom)

2. style of writing

   Synonym: 문체(文體) (munche)

3. handwriting style; font

   Synonym: 글씨체(體) (geulssiche)

Dependent noun

체 • (che) (hanja 體)

1. (after adnominals 는, 은) as if; pretending as such

   Synonym: (more common) 척 (cheok)

   알고도 모르는 체 했다.

   Algodo moreuneun che haetda.

   He knew, but pretended not to.

Suffix

—체 • (-che) (hanja 體)

1. body, object

   정육면체 ― jeong'yungmyeonche ― cube (literally, “body of six equal sides”)

2. group, body of personnel

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 體 for Sino-Korean compounds of 체 (體, che).

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 체〮 (Yale: chéy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [체]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	che
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	che
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'e
Yale Romanization?	chey

Noun

체 • (che)

1. sieve

Derived terms

• 쳇바퀴 (chetbakwi, “rim, frame (of a sieve)”)
• 쳇불 (chetbul, “meshes, net (of a sieve)”)

 

Etymology 3

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from Middle Korean 톄 (Yale: they). In Early Modern Korean, and in the contemporary Pyongan and Yukjin dialects, these are still read as 톄 (tye) or 테 (te).

Syllable

체 (che)

Extended content

體: body; group (eumhun reading: 몸 체 (mom che)) (MC reading: 體 (MC thejX)) 替: change; replacement (eumhun reading: 바꿀 체 (bakkul che)) (MC reading: 替 (MC thejH)) 締: (MC reading: 締 (MC dej|dejH)) 滯: (MC reading: 滯 (MC drjejH)) 遞: (MC reading: 遞 (MC dejX|dejH)) 逮: (MC reading: 逮 (MC dejH|dojH)) 諦: (MC reading: 諦 (MC tejH)) 涕: (MC reading: 涕 (MC thejX|thejH)) 剃: (MC reading: 剃 (MC thejH)) 嚏: (MC reading: 嚏 (MC tejH)) 彘: (MC reading: 彘 (MC drjejH)) 棣: (MC reading: 棣 (MC dejH)) 殢: (MC reading: 殢 (MC thejH|xejH))