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U+C11C, 서
HANGUL SYLLABLE SEO
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섀 ←→ 세

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 西, from the Middle Korean reading (Yale: syè), from Middle Chinese 西 (MC sej).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seo
McCune–Reischauer?
Yale Romanization?se

Noun

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(seo) (hanja 西)

  1. west
Coordinate terms
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  • (compass points)
서북(西北) (seobuk)
북서(北西) (bukseo)
북(北) (buk) 동북(東北) (dongbuk)
북동(北東) (bukdong)
서(西) (seo) 동(東) (dong)
서남(西南) (seonam)
남서(南西) (namseo)
남(南) (nam) 동남(東南) (dongnam)
남동(南東) (namdong)


Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seo
McCune–Reischauer?
Yale Romanization?

Noun

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(seo) (hanja )

  1. police station
    에서 봅시다.
    Seoeseo bopsida.
    See [you] at the police station.

Suffix

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—서 (-seo) (hanja )

  1. office; bureau; station
    경찰(警察)gyeongchalseopolice station
    소방(消防)sobangseofire station
    관공(官公)gwan'gongseogovernment office

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 서〯 (Yale: ). Beyond Middle Korean, see Appendix:Historical Koreanic numerals#Three for related forms.

Pronunciation

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Korean numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b], [c]
    Native isol.: (set)
    Native attr.: (se), (dated) (seok), (archaic) (seo)
    Sino-Korean: (sam)
    Hanja:
    Ordinal: 셋째 (setjjae)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seo
McCune–Reischauer?
Yale Romanization?

Numeral

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(seo)

  1. (archaic) three (before certain classifiers)
    Synonym: (se, more productive equivalent)

Etymology 4

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Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(seo)