절

절	U+C808, 절 HANGUL SYLLABLE JEOL

Composition:

ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄹ

← 젇
[U+C807]

Hangul Syllables

젉 →
[U+C809]

쟤 ←	→ 제
저 적 젂 젃 전 젅 젆 젇절젉 젊 젋 젌 젍 젎 젏 점 접 젒 젓 젔 정 젖 젗 젘 젙 젚 젛

Jeju edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Korean 결 (gyeol).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕəɭ/

Noun edit

절 (jeol)

wave

Synonyms edit

놀 (nol)
노대 (nodae)

References edit

“절” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Korean word from 節.

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏl
Yale Romanization^?	cel

Noun edit

절 • (jeol) (hanja 節)

a verse, passage, paragraph
(grammar) clause

Derived terms edit

See the hanja entry at 節 for Sino-Korean compounds of 절 (節, jeol).

Etymology 2 edit

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 절〮 (Yale: cyél).

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏl
Yale Romanization^?	cel

Noun edit

절 • (jeol)

bow; greeting
부모님 께 절을 올리다 ― bumonim-kke jeor-eul ollida ― to bow to one's parents

Derived terms edit

절하다 (jeolhada)
큰절 (keunjeol)
맞절 (matjeol)

Etymology 3 edit

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

Possibly from Middle Chinese 剎 (MC tsrhaet), abbreviation of 剎多羅 (MC tsrhaet ta la), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra). Cognate with Japanese 寺 (tera, “Buddhist temple”), which has been thought to have been a borrowing from an ancient Koreanic language. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏl
Yale Romanization^?	cel

Noun edit

절 • (jeol)

Buddhist monastery / temple
Synonym: 사찰(寺刹) (sachal)

절을 찾아 마음 을 수양해야겠다. ― Jeor-eul chaja ma'eum-eul suyanghaeyagetda. ― I've got to find a temple to cultivate my soul.

Proverbs edit

절에 가면 중이 되라 (jeore gamyeon jung'i doera)

Derived terms edit

절간 (jeolgan)
절당 (jeoldang)

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jeol
McCune–Reischauer^?	chŏl
Yale Romanization^?	cel

Pronoun edit

절 • (jeol)

(colloquial) Alternative form of 저 를 (jeo-reul, “me”, first-person singular polite pronoun used as a direct object)

Etymology 5 edit

Noun edit

절 • (jeol)

(dialectal, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang) chopsticks
Synonym: (standard South Korean) 젓가락 (jeotgarak)

Etymology 6 edit

Verb edit

절 • (jeol)

Future adnominal of 절다 (jeolda)

Etymology 7 edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable edit

절 (jeol)

Extended content

㐉: a slave, a maid
(MC reading: 㐉)
㑜: engrave
(eumhun reading: 새길 절 (saegil jeol))
(MC reading: 㑜 (MC yejH|trhjejH))
伽:
(MC reading: 伽 (MC gja))
切: to cut; everything
(eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))
(MC reading: 切 (MC tshejH|tshet))
卩: military authorization seal
(eumhun reading: 병부 절 (byeongbu jeol))
(MC reading: 卩)
姪:
(MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det))
岊:
(MC reading: 岊 (MC dzet))
帙:
(MC reading: 帙 (MC drit))
截: sever
(eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))
(MC reading: 截)
折:
(MC reading: 折 (MC dej|tsyet|dzyet))
晢:
(MC reading: 晢 (MC tsyejH|tsyet))
浙:
(MC reading: 浙 (MC tsyet))
準: standard
(eumhun reading: 준할 절 (junhal jeol))
(MC reading: 準 (MC tsywinX|tsywet))
癤:
(MC reading: 癤 (MC tset))
窃:
(MC reading: 窃)
窒:
(MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet))
竊: to steal
(eumhun reading: 훔칠 절 (humchil jeol))
(MC reading: 竊 (MC tshet))
節: section
(eumhun reading: 마디 절 (madi jeol))
(MC reading: 節 (MC tset))
絶: end
(eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))
(MC reading: 絶)
絕: Alternative form of 絶
(MC reading: 絕 (MC dzjwet))