집

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집 U+C9D1, 집
HANGUL SYLLABLE JIB
Composition:ㅈ + ㅣ + ㅂ
← 짐
 		Hangul Syllables 짒 →
지직짂짃진짅짆
짇질짉짊짋짌짍
짎짏짐집짒짓짔
징짖짗짘짙짚짛
즤 ←→ 짜

Jeju

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Korean 집 (cìp). Cognate with Korean 집 (jip).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jib
Yale Romanization?cip

Noun

집 (jip)

  1. house
  2. nest

Derived terms

Korean

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Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 집 (Yale: cìp). Cognate with Jeju 집 (jip).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jib
McCune–Reischauer?chip
Yale Romanization?cip
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 집의 / 집에 / 집까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

집 • (jip)

  1. home, house
    집에 돌아오다 ― jib-e doraoda ― to return home
    집에 온 이후부터 ― jib-e on ihubuteo ― since I got home
    그 애 집까지 다시 태워다 줬어.
    Geu ae jip-kkaji dasi taewoda jwosseo.
    I gave him a lift back to his place.
  2. household
    Synonym: (honorific) 댁(宅) (daek)
  3. sheath, case
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Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 集.

Suffix

—집 • (-jip) (hanja 集)

  1. collection of bound works; anthology, collected works
    ‎작품(作品) (jakpum, “works”) + ‎집(集) (jip, “collection”) → ‎작품집(作品集) (jakpumjip, “collected works”)
Derived terms
See also

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

Noun

집 (cìp) (locative 지븨〮 (cìp-úy))

  1. house

Descendants

  • Jeju: 집 (jip)
  • Korean: 집 (jip)
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