# 절

| 절 | U+C808, &#51208; HANGUL SYLLABLE JEOL |
| Composition: | ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄹ |
| ← 젇 [U+C807] | Hangul Syllables | 젉 → [U+C809] |
저적젂젃전젅젆 젇절젉젊젋젌젍 젎젏점접젒젓젔 정젖젗젘젙젚젛 :
| 쟤 ← | → 제 |

## Jeju
### Etymology

Cognate with Korean 결 (gyeol).

### Pronunciation

* (Morphophonemic) IPA: ⫽t͡ɕəl⫽
* (Jeju City) IPA: [t͡ɕəɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [절]

### Noun

절 (jeol)
* wave

#### Synonyms

* 놀 (nol)
* 노대 (nodae)

### References

* “절” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 節.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [절]

#### Noun

절 • (jeol) (hanja 節)
* a verse, passage, paragraph
* (grammar) clause

##### Derived terms

* See the hanja entry at 節 for Sino-Korean compounds of 절 (節, jeol).

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 절〮 (Yale: cyél).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [절]

#### Noun

절 • (jeol)
* bow; greeting
    부모님께 절을 올리다 ― bumonim-kke jeor-eul ollida ― to bow to one's parents

##### Derived terms

* 맞절 (matjeol)
* 절하다 (jeolhada)
* 큰절 (keunjeol)

### Etymology 3

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 뎔〮 (Yale: tyél).
Possibly from Middle Chinese 剎 (MC tsrhaet), abbreviation of 剎多羅 (MC tsrhaet ta la), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra). Cognate with Japanese 寺 (tera, “Buddhist temple”), which is thought to be a borrowing from an ancient Koreanic language. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [절]

#### Noun

절 • (jeol)
* Buddhist monastery / temple
    Synonym: 사찰(寺刹) (sachal)
    절을 찾아 마음을 수양해야겠다. ― Jeor-eul chaja ma'eum-eul suyanghaeyagetda. ― I've got to find a temple to cultivate my soul.

##### Proverbs

* 절에 가면 중이 되라 (jeore gamyeon jung'i doera)

##### Derived terms

* 절간 (jeolgan)
* 절당 (jeoldang)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [절]

#### Pronoun

절 • (jeol)
* (colloquial) Alternative form of 저를 (jeo-reul, “me”, first-person singular polite pronoun used as a direct object)

### Etymology 5

Preserves the Old Korean form as suggested in Jīlín lèishì; see Korean 저 (jeo) for more.

#### Noun

절 • (jeol)
* (dialectal, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang) chopsticks
    Synonym: (standard South Korean) 젓가락 (jeotgarak)

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

절 • (jeol)
* Future adnominal of 절다 (jeolda)

### Etymology 7

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

절 • (jeol)
* 㐉: a slave, a maid
    (MC reading: 㐉)
* 㑜: engrave
    (eumhun reading: 새길 절 (saegil jeol)) (MC reading: 㑜 (MC yejH|trhjejH))
* 伽:
    (MC reading: 伽 (MC gja))
* 切: to cut; everything
    (eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol)) (MC reading: 切 (MC tshejH|tshet))
* 卩: military authorization seal
    (eumhun reading: 병부 절 (byeongbu jeol)) (MC reading: 卩)
* 姪:
    (MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det))
* 岊:
    (MC reading: 岊 (MC dzet))
* 帙:
    (MC reading: 帙 (MC drit))
* 截: sever
    (eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol)) (MC reading: 截)
* 折:
    (MC reading: 折 (MC dej|tsyet|dzyet))
* 晢:
    (MC reading: 晢 (MC tsyejH|tsyet))
* 浙:
    (MC reading: 浙 (MC tsyet))
* 準: standard
    (eumhun reading: 준할 절 (junhal jeol)) (MC reading: 準 (MC tsywinX|tsywet))
* 癤:
    (MC reading: 癤 (MC tset))
* 窃:
    (MC reading: 窃)
* 窒:
    (MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet))
* 竊: to steal
    (eumhun reading: 훔칠 절 (humchil jeol)) (MC reading: 竊 (MC tshet))
* 節: section
    (eumhun reading: 마디 절 (madi jeol)) (MC reading: 節 (MC tset))
* 絶: end
    (eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol)) (MC reading: 絶)
* 絕: Alternative form of 絶
    (MC reading: 絕 (MC dzjwet))