제

제 U+C81C, 제 HANGUL SYLLABLE JE Composition: ㅈ + ㅔ ← 젛 [U+C81B] Hangul Syllables 젝 → [U+C81D]

제젝젞젟젠젡젢 젣젤젥젦젧젨젩 젪젫젬젭젮젯젰 젱젲젳젴젵젶젷
저 ←	→ 져

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [제]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	je
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	je
McCune–Reischauer?	che
Yale Romanization?	cey

Etymology 1

저 (jeo, “I; me”, humble first-person pronoun) +‎ 이 (i, nominative particle). When the 가 (ga) allomorph of the nominative particle was introduced, it was attached to the already marked form of 저, producing this new allomorphy.

Pronoun

제 • (je)

1. allomorph of 저 (jeo, humble first-person pronoun) before 가 (ga, nominative suffix)

   선생님, 제가 그랬습니다.

   Seonsaengnim, je-ga geurasseumnida.

   Teacher, it was I who did that.

Etymology 2

Determiner

제 • (je)

1. Contraction of 저의 (jeoui): my

Etymology 3

Adverb

제 • (je)

1. (literary, dated) Contraction of 적에 (jeoge): when

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Prefix

제— • (je-) (hanja 第)

1. (prefix marking ordinals); -th, -st, -nd
   • 제1과 ― je1gwa ― first lesson

Prefix

제— • (je-) (hanja 諸)

1. every

   유럽의 제언어

   yureobui jeeoneo

   the languages of Europe