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U+CCB4, 체
HANGUL SYLLABLE CE
Composition: +

[U+CCB3]
Hangul Syllables
[U+CCB5]

첿


처 ←→ 쳐
See also: -체

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from (body), from the Middle Korean reading 톄〮 (Yale: thyéy).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?che
Revised Romanization (translit.)?che
McCune–Reischauer?ch'e
Yale Romanization?chey

Noun

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(che) (hanja )

  1. physical body; (by extension) gait or build
    Synonym: (more common) (mom)
  2. style of writing
    Synonym: 문체(文體) (munche)
  3. handwriting style; font
    Synonym: 글씨체(體) (geulssiche)

Dependent noun

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(che) (hanja )

  1. (after adnominals , ) as if; pretending as such
    Synonym: (more common) (cheok)
    알고도 모르는 했다.
    Algodo moreuneun che haetda.
    He knew, but pretended not to.

Suffix

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—체 (-che) (hanja )

  1. body, object
    정육면jeong'yungmyeonchecube (literally, “body of six equal sides”)
  2. group, body of personnel

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 체〮 (Yale: chéy).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?che
Revised Romanization (translit.)?che
McCune–Reischauer?ch'e
Yale Romanization?chey

Noun

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(che)

  1. sieve
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from Middle Korean (Yale: they). In Early Modern Korean, and in the contemporary Pyongan and Yukjin dialects, these are still read as (tye) or (te).

Syllable

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(che)