죄

죄 U+C8C4, 죄 HANGUL SYLLABLE JOE Composition: ㅈ + ㅚ ← 죃 [U+C8C3] Hangul Syllables 죅 → [U+C8C5]

죄죅죆죇죈죉죊 죋죌죍죎죏죐죑 죒죓죔죕죖죗죘 죙죚죛죜죝죞죟
좨 ←	→ 죠

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 罪 (“fault”), from the Middle Korean reading 죄〯 (Yale: cwǒy).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	joe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	joe
McCune–Reischauer?	choe
Yale Romanization?	cōy

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 죄의 / 죄에 / 죄까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

죄 • (joe) (hanja 罪)

1. fault; wrongdoing
2. (law) criminal offense
3. (religion) sin

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 罪 for Sino-Korean compounds of 죄 (罪, joe).

Etymology 2

First attested in the Iryun haengsildo (二倫行實圖 / 이륜행실도), 1518 (Oksan Seowon ed.), as Middle Korean 죄 (Yale: cwoy).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	joe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	joe
McCune–Reischauer?	choe
Yale Romanization?	cōy

Adverb

죄 • (joe)

1. all, entirely, completely

Derived terms

• 죄다 (joeda)