재

재	U+C7AC, 재 HANGUL SYLLABLE JAE

Composition:

ㅈ + ㅐ

← 잫
[U+C7AB]

Hangul Syllables

잭 →
[U+C7AD]

자 ←	→ 쟈
재잭 잮 잯 잰 잱 잲 잳 잴 잵 잶 잷 잸 잹 잺 잻 잼 잽 잾 잿 쟀 쟁 쟂 쟃 쟄 쟅 쟆 쟇

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄌᆡ (Yale: coy).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jae
McCune–Reischauer^?	chae
Yale Romanization^?	cay

Noun

재 • (jae)

ash

Etymology 2

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 재 (Yale: cay). Considered to be from the same root with 잣 (jat, “castle, fortress”), because both of them use the same hanja 城 for the hun readings in the pre-modern times.^[1]

Noun

재 • (jae)

mountain pass. compare 고개.

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Prefix

재— • (jae-) (hanja 再)

again

Syllable

재 (jae)

References

^ MIZUNO, Shumpei (2013 february) “外邦図（朝鮮·略図）地名における古代朝鮮語語彙 : 「忽（kol）」「己（ki）」「잣（cas）」について”, in 北海商科大学論集（ISSN 2186-330X）第2巻第1号‎^[1] (PDF)

[1] MIZUNO, Shumpei (2013 february) “外邦図（朝鮮·略図）地名における古代朝鮮語語彙 : 「忽（kol）」「己（ki）」「잣（cas）」について”, in 北海商科大学論集（ISSN 2186-330X）第2巻第1号‎^[1] (PDF)

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