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U+C815, 정
HANGUL SYLLABLE JEONG
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[U+C814]
Hangul Syllables
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쟤 ←→ 제

Jeju

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from けい.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeong
Yale Romanization?ceng

Noun

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(jeong)

  1. sutra

Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeong
McCune–Reischauer?chŏng
Yale Romanization?ceng

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from じょう (feeling, emotion).

Noun

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(jeong) (hanja じょう)

  1. attachment (to a person or an object), a feeling of connection, intimacy, rapport, warm feelings that provoke social reciprocity
    신발 버려야 되는데 들어서 버리겠어.
    I sinbal beoryeoya doeneunde jeong deureoseo mot beorigesseo.
    I need to throw these shoes away, but I can't because I'm attached to them.
    싸우다 보니까 들더라.
    Myeot nyeon ssauda bonikka jeong deuldeora.
    After fighting with them for years, I got attached [to their presence].
    없는 사람 질색이야.
    Jeong-i eomneun saram-eun jilsaegiya.
    I don't like people who you can't connect to.
    단골 손님한테 . 그게 이지, .
    I jib-eun dan'gol sonnim-hante deo jwo. Geuge jeong'iji, mwo.
    This restaurant gives more to regulars. That's what rapport is, I guess.

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from いかり (anchor).

Noun

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(jeong) (hanja いかり)

  1. anchor

Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from ただし (upright, correct), from the Middle Korean reading 져ᇰ (Yale: cyeng).

Adverb

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(jeong) (hanja ただし)

  1. really, very, desperately

Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from てい.

Proper noun

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(Jeong) (hanja てい)

  1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Chung, Jung, or Jeong

Etymology 5

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Sino-Korean word from ちょう

Noun

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(jeong) (hanja ちょう)

  1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
Coordinate terms
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one of ten heavenly stems

Etymology 6

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(jeong)

References

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  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名じんめいよう漢字かんじひょう, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 37. [1]
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさけい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅうけいきた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子でんし字典じてん. [2]