체

체 U+CCB4, 체
HANGUL SYLLABLE CE
Composition:ㅊ + ㅔ
← 첳
[U+CCB3] 		Hangul Syllables 첵 →
[U+CCB5]
체첵첶첷첸첹첺
첻첼첽첾첿쳀쳁
쳂쳃쳄쳅쳆쳇쳈
쳉쳊쳋쳌쳍쳎쳏
처 ←→ 쳐
See also: -체

Korean

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

체 • (che) (hanja 體)

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

Dependent noun

체 • (che) (hanja 體)

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

Suffix

—체 • (-che) (hanja 體)

  1. body, object
    정육면체 ― jeong'yungmyeonche ― cube (literally, “body of six equal sides”)
  2. group, body of personnel

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

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

Noun

체 • (che)

  1. sieve
Derived terms
  • 쳇바퀴 (chetbakwi, “rim, frame (of a sieve)”)
  • 쳇불 (chetbul, “meshes, net (of a sieve)”)

Etymology 3

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

Syllable

체 (che)

Extended content
  1. 體: body; group
    (eumhun reading: 몸 체 (mom che))
    (MC reading: 體 (MC thejX))
  2. 替: change; replacement
    (eumhun reading: 바꿀 체 (bakkul che))
    (MC reading: 替 (MC thejH))
  3. 締:
    (MC reading: 締 (MC dej|dejH))
  4. 滯:
    (MC reading: 滯 (MC drjejH))
  5. 遞:
    (MC reading: 遞 (MC dejX|dejH))
  6. 逮:
    (MC reading: 逮 (MC dejH|dojH))
  7. 諦:
    (MC reading: 諦 (MC tejH))
  8. 涕:
    (MC reading: 涕 (MC thejX|thejH))
  9. 剃:
    (MC reading: 剃 (MC thejH))
  10. 嚏:
    (MC reading: 嚏 (MC tejH))
  11. 彘:
    (MC reading: 彘 (MC drjejH))
  12. 棣:
    (MC reading: 棣 (MC dejH))
  13. 殢:
    (MC reading: 殢 (MC thejH|xejH))
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