저

Cognate with Korean 저 (jeo).

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕə⫽
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저 (jeo)

1. (determiner) that

• 그 (geu, “that”)
• 이 (i, “this”)

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 뎌〮 (Yale: tyé), from Old Korean 彼 (*TYE).

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저 • (jeo)

1. that (distal determiner)

   Synonym: 조 (jo, “that”, diminutive)

   Coordinate terms: (proximal) 이 (i, “this”), (mesial) 그 (geu, “that”)

   저기 저 나무를 봐 봐. ― Jeogi jeo namu-reul bwa bwa. ― Take a look at that tree over there.

저 • (jeo)

1. (literary) that, that thing

   Synonym: 저것 (jeogeot, “that thing”)

   이도 저도 아니다 (common phrase) ― i-do jeo-do anida ― to be neither this or that

• 쟤 (jae)
• 저기 (jeogi)
• 접때 (jeopttae)
• 저리 (jeori)
• 저렇다 (jeoreota), 저러하다 (jeoreohada)

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 저 (Yale: cè), originally a reflexive pronoun ("my/your/it/him/herself").

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저 • (jeo)

1. (humble) I, me; first-person singular polite pronoun

   Synonym: (non-humble) 나 (na, “I, me”)

   어제, 저는 기차를 탔습니다. ― Eoje, jeo-neun gicha-reul tatseumnida. ― Yesterday, I took a train.

2. (higher register) oneself; third-person plain reflexive pronoun

   Synonym: (neutral) 자기(自己) (jagi)

   그는 저 하고 싶은 것만 한다. ― Geu-neun jeo hago sipeun geon-man handa. ― He only does things that he himself wants .

• 제 (je) — allomorph before -가 (-ga, nominative case marker)

• 저마다 (jeomada)
• 저절로 (jeojeollo)
• 저희 (jeohui, “we; us”)

• 제 (je, “my; one's”)

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 折. In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 져〮 (Yale: cyé).

Once widely perceived as Sino-Korean, the spelling 箸 is in fact unetymological; and the word is of Native Korean origin as far as history is concerned.

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저 • (jeo) (usually no hanja; sometimes 箸)

1. (dated or in compounds) chopstick(s)

   Synonym: 젓가락 (jeotgarak)

   저를 쥐다/들다 ― jeo-reul jwida/deulda ― to hold chopsticks

• 절 (jeol) — Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

저 • (jeo)

1. um..., uh... (conveys hesitation or a pause in speech)

Sino-Korean word from 著.

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

저 • (jeo) (hanja 著)

1. written by... (written after the author's name)

   Synonym: 저술(著述) (jeosul)

   이상 저 ― I Sang jeo ― by Yi Sang

• See the hanja entry at 著 for Sino-Korean compounds of 저 (著, jeo).

Sino-Korean word from 底.

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

저 • (jeo) (hanja 底)

1. (superseded) synonym of 밑 (mit, “(mathematics) base of a logarithm”)

• See the hanja entry at 底 for Sino-Korean compounds of 저 (底, jeo).

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 뎧 (Yale: tyèh). Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 적 (笛, jeok), of which this is a doublet. Displaced by Korean 피리 (piri), a borrowing from Early Mandarin.

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저 • (jeo)

1. (music, archaic) transverse flute

• 젓대 (jeotdae)

Sino-Korean word from 低.

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

저— • (jeo-) (hanja 低)

1. low

   Antonym: 고(高)- (go-, “high”)

   ‎저(低)- (jeo-) + ‎소득(所得) (sodeuk, “income”) → ‎저소득(低所得) (jeosodeuk, “low-income”)

• See the hanja entry at 低 for Sino-Korean compounds of 저 (低, jeo).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

저 • (jeo)