조

See also: 丕

조 U+C870, 조 HANGUL SYLLABLE JO Composition: ㅈ + ㅗ ← 졯 [U+C86F] Hangul Syllables 족 → [U+C871]

조족졲졳존졵졶 졷졸졹졺졻졼졽 졾졿좀좁좂좃좄 종좆좇좈좉좊좋
졔 ←	→ 좌

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean 좋 (cwoh). Cognate to Korean 조 (jo).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕo⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo]
• Phonetic hangul: [조]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jo
Yale Romanization?	cwo

Noun

조 (jo)

1. foxtail millet

   Synonym: 서숙 (seosuk)

References

• “조” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
• 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) “조”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 756

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [조]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jo
McCune–Reischauer?	cho
Yale Romanization?	co

Etymology 1

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 좋 (Yale: cwoh).

Noun

조 • (jo)

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Derived terms

• 손가락조 (son'garakjo, “Eleusine coracana”)
• 좁쌀 (jopssal, “hulled millet”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 朝 (“dynasty”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [조]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jo
McCune–Reischauer?	cho
Yale Romanization?	co

Suffix

—조 • (-jo) (hanja 朝)

1. dynasty, imperial court

Derived terms

• 왕조(王朝) (wangjo, “dynasty”)

Etymology 3

Korean numbers ^(edit)

←  1,000,000,000 (109)	←  100,000,000,000 (1011)	1012	1016  →
Sino-Korean: 조 (jo)     Hanja: 兆

Sino-Korean word from 兆 (“trillion”).

Numeral

조 • (jo) (hanja 兆)

1. trillion (million million)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 趙 (“a surname”).

Proper noun

조 • (Jo) (hanja 趙)

1. (surname) Jo or Cho