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Hangul Syllables
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촊촋촍촎
촏촐촑촒촓촔촕
촖촗촘촙촚촛촜
촞촟촠촡촢촣
쳬 ←→ 촤

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cho
McCune–Reischauer?ch'o
Yale Romanization?cho

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from .

Noun

• (cho) (hanja )

  1. the SI unit of time, second
  2. (geometry) a second of arc
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from .

Noun

• (cho) (hanja )

  1. the early part of a time period; the beginning
    Antonym: 말(末) (mal, end)
    60
    yuksimnyeondae cho
    The early 60s
  2. (baseball) top (of an inning)
    Coordinate term: 말(末) (mal, bottom (of an inning))
    1
    ilhoe cho
    The top of the first inning
Derived terms

Etymology 3

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 쵸〮 (Yale: chyó).

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term (, chok).

Noun

• (cho)

  1. candle
Derived terms
  • 촛대 (chotdae, “candlestick”)

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

• (cho)

References