주

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See also: ㈜
주 U+C8FC, 주
HANGUL SYLLABLE JU
Composition:ㅈ + ㅜ
← 죻
 		Hangul Syllables 죽 →
주죽죾죿준줁줂
줃줄줅줆줇줈줉
줊줋줌줍줎줏줐
중줒줓줔줕줖줗
죠 ←→ 줘

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 週.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju
McCune–Reischauer?chu
Yale Romanization?cwu

Noun

주 • (ju) (hanja 週)

  1. week (unit of time)
    Synonym: 주일(週日) (ju'il)

Counter

주 • (ju) (hanja 週)

  1. counter for weeks
    Synonym: 주일(週日) (ju'il)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of 천주 ("God"), from Sino-Tibetan 天主.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju
McCune–Reischauer?chu
Yale Romanization?cwu

Proper noun

주 • (Ju) (hanja 主)

  1. (Christianity) the Lord
    Synonym: (honorific) 주님 (junim)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 主.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju
McCune–Reischauer?chu
Yale Romanization?cwu

Noun

주 • (ju) (hanja 主)

  1. main/principal part
Usage notes
  • Usually found in the constructions 주가 되다 (ju-ga doeda, “to be main/principal”) and 주를 이루다 (ju-reul iruda, “to constitute a large portion”).

Determiner

주 • (ju) (hanja 主)

  1. main; principal

Suffix

—주 • (-ju) (hanja 主)

  1. owner; proprietor
    ‎건물(建物) (geonmul, “building”) + ‎주(主) (ju) → ‎건물주(建物主) (geonmulju, “landlord; building owner”)
See also
    Korean terms suffixed with -주 (主)
    공장주

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 州.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju
McCune–Reischauer?chu
Yale Romanization?cwu

Noun

주 • (ju) (hanja 州)

  1. political divisions of some countries, variously corresponding to canton, county, department, state, oblast, province, region, etc.
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 株.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju
McCune–Reischauer?chu
Yale Romanization?cwu

Noun

주 • (ju) (hanja 株)

  1. stock (in a company)
    Synonym: 주식(株式) (jusik)
  2. Short for 주식회사(株式會社) (jusikhoesa, “stock company”): inc.

Counter

주 • (ju) (hanja 株)

  1. counter for trees
    Synonym: 그루 (geuru)
  2. counter for stocks

Derived terms

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 註.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

주 • (ju) (hanja 註/注)

  1. annotation; explanatory notes
    주를 달다/내다 ― ju-reul dalda/naeda ― to annotate
Derived terms

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 洲.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju
McCune–Reischauer?chu
Yale Romanization?cwu

Noun

주 • (ju) (hanja 洲)

  1. continent
    아시아 주 ― Asia ju ― the continent of Asia
  2. sandbank; sandbar
Derived terms

Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 駐.

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

주— • (ju-) (hanja 駐)

  1. resident; stationed (in)...
    ‎주(駐) (ju) + ‎한(韓) (Han, “Korea”) → ‎주한(駐韓) (juhan, “resident/stationed in Korea”)
Derived terms

Etymology 9

Sino-Korean word from 酒.

Suffix

—주 • (-ju) (hanja 酒)

  1. alcohol; alcoholic beverage
    ‎포도(葡萄) (podo, “grape”) + ‎주(酒) (ju) → ‎포도주(葡萄酒) (podoju, “wine”)
Derived terms

Etymology 10

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

주 • (ju)

More information
  1. 主:
    (MC reading: 主 (MC tsyuX))
  2. 注:
    (MC reading: 注 (MC tsyuH))
  3. 住:
    (MC reading: 住 (MC drjuH|trjuH))
  4. 朱:
    (MC reading: 朱 (MC tsyu))
  5. 宙:
    (MC reading: 宙 (MC drjuwH))
  6. 走:
    (MC reading: 走 (MC tsuwX|tsuwH))
  7. 酒:
    (MC reading: 酒 (MC tsjuwX))
  8. 晝:
    (MC reading: 晝 (MC trjuwH))
  9. 舟:
    (MC reading: 舟 (MC tsyuw))
  10. 周:
    (MC reading: 周 (MC tsyuw))
  11. 株:
    (MC reading: 株 (MC trju))
  12. 州:
    (MC reading: 州 (MC tsyuw))
  13. 洲:
    (MC reading: 洲 (MC tsyuw))
  14. 柱:
    (MC reading: 柱 (MC drjuX|trjuX))
  15. 奏:
    (MC reading: 奏 (MC tsuwH))
  16. 珠:
    (MC reading: 珠 (MC tsyu))
  17. 鑄:
    (MC reading: 鑄 (MC tsyuH))
  18. 冑:
    (MC reading: 冑 (MC drjuwH))
  19. 湊:
    (MC reading: 湊 (MC tshuwH))
  20. 炷:
    (MC reading: 炷 (MC tsyuX|tsyuH))
  21. 註:
    (MC reading: 註 (MC tsyuH|trjuH))
  22. 疇:
    (MC reading: 疇 (MC drjuw))
  23. 週:
    (MC reading: 週)
  24. 遒:
    (MC reading: 遒 (MC tsjuw|dzjuw))
  25. 駐:
    (MC reading: 駐 (MC trjuH))
  26. 妵:
    (MC reading: 妵 (MC thuwX))
  27. 澍:
    (MC reading: 澍 (MC dzyuH|tsyuH))
  28. 姝:
    (MC reading: 姝 (MC tsyhu))
  29. 侏:
    (MC reading: 侏 (MC tsyu))
  30. 做:
    (MC reading: 做)
  31. 呪:
    (MC reading: 呪 (MC tsyuwH))
  32. 嗾:
    (MC reading: 嗾 (MC tshuwH))
  33. 廚:
    (MC reading: 廚 (MC drju))
  34. 籌:
    (MC reading: 籌 (MC drjuw))
  35. 紂:
    (MC reading: 紂 (MC drjuwX))
  36. 紬:
    (MC reading: 紬 (MC drjuw))
  37. 綢:
    (MC reading: 綢 (MC drjuw))
  38. 蛛:
    (MC reading: 蛛 (MC trju))
  39. 誅:
    (MC reading: 誅 (MC trju))
  40. 躊:
    (MC reading: 躊 (MC drjuw))
  41. 輳:
    (MC reading: 輳 (MC tshuwH))
  42. 酎:
    (MC reading: 酎 (MC drjuwH))
  43. 燽:
    (MC reading: 燽 (MC drjuw))
  44. 鉒:
    (MC reading: 鉒 (MC trjuH))
  45. 拄:
    (MC reading: 拄 (MC trjuX))
  46. 皗:
    (MC reading: 皗)
  47. 邾:
    (MC reading: 邾 (MC trju))
  48. 䎻:
    (MC reading: 䎻)
  49. 絑:
    (MC reading: 絑 (MC tsyu))
  50. 䝬:
    (MC reading: 䝬)
  51. 椆:
    (MC reading: 椆 (MC drjuw|tsyuwH))
  52. 㫶:
    (MC reading: 㫶)
  53. 珘:
    (MC reading: 珘)
  54. 紸:
    (MC reading: 紸)
  55. 調:
    (MC reading: 調 (MC trjuw))
  56. 晭:
    (MC reading: 晭 (MC tsyuwX))
  57. 丟:
    (MC reading: 丟)
  58. 侜:
    (MC reading: 侜 (MC trjuw))
  59. 儔:
    (MC reading: 儔 (MC drjuw))
  60. 尌:
    (MC reading: 尌 (MC dzyuH))
  61. 幬:
    (MC reading: 幬 (MC drjuw))
  62. 硃:
    (MC reading: 硃 (MC tsyu))
  63. 籒:
    (MC reading: 籒)
  64. 鼄:
    (MC reading: 鼄 (MC trju))
  65. 胕:
    (MC reading: 胕 (MC -))
  66. 腠:
    (MC reading: 腠 (MC tshuwH))
  67. 蔟:
    (MC reading: 蔟 (MC tshuwH))
  68. 蛀:
    (MC reading: 蛀 (MC tsyuH))
  69. 裯:
    (MC reading: 裯 (MC drju|drjuw))
  70. 詋:
    (MC reading: 詋)
  71. 賙:
    (MC reading: 賙 (MC tsyuw))
  72. 趎:
    (MC reading: 趎 (MC drju))
  73. 輈:
    (MC reading: 輈 (MC trjuw))
  74. 霌:
    (MC reading: 霌)
  75. 霔:
    (MC reading: 霔 (MC tsyuH))
  76. 胄:
    (MC reading: 胄 (MC drjuwH))
  77. 逎: Alternative form of 遒
    (MC reading: 逎 (MC tsjuw))
  78. 凑: Alternative form of 湊
    (MC reading: 凑)
  79. 丶:
    (MC reading: 丶 (MC trjuX))
  80. 伷:
    (MC reading: 伷 (MC drjuwH))
  81. 咒:
    (MC reading: 咒 (MC tsyuwH))
  82. 咮:
    (MC reading: 咮 (MC tsyu|trjuH))
  83. 唒:
    (MC reading: 唒)
  84. 喌:
    (MC reading: 喌 (MC tsyuw))
  85. 噣:
    (MC reading: 噣 (MC trjuwH))
  86. 壴:
    (MC reading: 壴 (MC trjuH))
  87. 婤:
    (MC reading: 婤 (MC trhjuw|tsyuw))
  88. 嵀:
    (MC reading: 嵀 (MC drjuX))
  89. 幮:
    (MC reading: 幮 (MC drju))
  90. 徟:
    (MC reading: 徟)
  91. 怞:
    (MC reading: 怞 (MC drjuw))
  92. 懤:
    (MC reading: 懤 (MC drjuw|drjuwH))
  93. 揍:
    (MC reading: 揍)
  94. 斢:
    (MC reading: 斢 (MC thuwX))
  95. 族:
    (MC reading: 族 (MC -))
  96. 枓:
    (MC reading: 枓 (MC tuwX))
  97. 楱:
    (MC reading: 楱 (MC tshuwH|dzuwH))
  98. 樦:
    (MC reading: 樦)
  99. 櫥:
    (MC reading: 櫥)
  100. 殶:
    (MC reading: 殶)
  101. 洀:
    (MC reading: 洀)
  102. 淍:
    (MC reading: 淍)
  103. 㴤:
    (MC reading: 㴤)
  104. 烐:
    (MC reading: 烐)
  105. 犨:
    (MC reading: 犨 (MC tsyhuw))
  106. 疰:
    (MC reading: 疰 (MC tsyuH))
  107. 盩:
    (MC reading: 盩 (MC trjuw))
  108. 砫:
    (MC reading: 砫)
  109. 祝:
    (MC reading: 祝 (MC tsyuwH))
  110. 祩:
    (MC reading: 祩 (MC tsyuH))
  111. 簇:
    (MC reading: 簇 (MC -))
  112. 粙:
    (MC reading: 粙)
  113. 罜:
    (MC reading: 罜 (MC tsyuH))
  114. 䎷:
    (MC reading: 䎷 (MC tsyuH))
  115. 肘:
    (MC reading: 肘 (MC trjuwX))
  116. 菗:
    (MC reading: 菗 (MC drjuw))
  117. 葤:
    (MC reading: 葤 (MC drjuwX))
  118. 薵:
    (MC reading: 薵 (MC drjuw))
  119. 蟕:
    (MC reading: 蟕)
  120. 袾:
    (MC reading: 袾 (MC trju|tsyhu))
  121. 譸:
    (MC reading: 譸 (MC trjuw))
  122. 足:
    (MC reading: 足 (MC tsjuH))
  123. 跓:
    (MC reading: 跓 (MC drjuX))
  124. 跦:
    (MC reading: 跦 (MC trju))
  125. 躕:
    (MC reading: 躕)
  126. 軴:
    (MC reading: 軴 (MC trjuH))
  127. 輖:
    (MC reading: 輖 (MC tsyuw))
  128. 銂:
    (MC reading: 銂)
  129. 銩:
    (MC reading: 銩)
  130. 馵:
    (MC reading: 馵 (MC tsyuH))
  131. 騆:
    (MC reading: 騆)
  132. 鮢:
    (MC reading: 鮢 (MC tsyu))
  133. 鴸:
    (MC reading: 鴸 (MC trju|tsyu))
  134. 鵃:
    (MC reading: 鵃 (MC tsyew))
  135. 麈:
    (MC reading: 麈 (MC tsyuX))
  136. 黈:
    (MC reading: 黈 (MC thuwX))
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