-죠

죠 U+C8E0, 죠
HANGUL SYLLABLE JYO
Composition:ㅈ + ㅛ
← 죟
[U+C8DF] 		Hangul Syllables 죡 →
[U+C8E1]

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of -지요 (-jiyo).

Suffix

-죠 • (-jo)

  1. isn't it so?; right?
  2. a sentence-final ending used when the speaker rhetorically confirms something they already knew, in order to cross-check the information
    오늘 본 영화는 좀 지루했죠? ― oneul bon yeonghwa-neun jom jiruhaetjo? ― The movie we watched today was kind of boring, wasn't it?
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