세

세 U+C138, 세 HANGUL SYLLABLE SE Composition: ㅅ + ㅔ ← 섷 [U+C137] Hangul Syllables 섹 → [U+C139]

세섹섺섻센섽섾 섿셀셁셂셃셄셅 셆셇셈셉셊셋셌 셍셎셏셐셑셒셓
서 ←	→ 셔

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 새 (sae).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /se/

Noun

세 (se)

1. (seamen's) east, east wind

Determiner

세 (se)

1. new

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Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 세〯 (Yale: sěy).

Beyond Middle Korean, the reconstruction of the ancestral Koreanic root for "three" is difficult. See a list of relevant attestations and forms in Appendix:Historical Koreanic numerals#Three.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰe̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	se
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	se
McCune–Reischauer?	se
Yale Romanization?	sēy

Korean numbers ^(edit)

	30
←  2	3	4  → [a], [b], [c]
Native isol.: 셋 (set)     Native attr.: 세 (se), (dated) 석 (seok), (archaic) 서 (seo)     Sino-Korean: 삼 (sam)     Hanja: 三     Ordinal: 셋째 (setjjae)

Numeral

세 • (se)

1. (native numeral) three (before a noun or classifier)

   학생 세 명

   haksaeng se myeong

   three students

   비둘기 세 마리

   bidulgi se mari

   three pigeons

Etymology 4

Related to 혀 (hyeo).

Noun

세 • (se)

1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hamgyong, Yukjin, Hwanghae) Dialectal form of 혀 (hyeo, “tongue”)
   • 1982 January 8, 이상설, “오리정승의 국량”, in 한국구비문학대계‎^[1], 경기도 용인군 내사면 (현 용인시 처인구 양지면):

     그래니까 오리정승 (이원익) 말씀이 세를 쯧쯧쯧 세 번 차더라 이거야.

     Geurae-nikka orijeongseung (iwonik) malsseum-i se-reul jjeutjjeutjjeut se beon chadeora igeo-ya.

     So Prime Minister Ori (Yi Won-ik) clicked his tongue three times.

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

세 (se)

More information

1. 世:

   (MC reading: 世 (MC syejH))

2. 洗:

   (MC reading: 洗 (MC sejX))

3. 稅:

   (MC reading: 稅 (MC sywejH))

4. 細:

   (MC reading: 細 (MC sejH))

5. 勢:

   (MC reading: 勢 (MC syejH))

6. 歲:

   (MC reading: 歲 (MC sjwejH))

7. 貰:

   (MC reading: 貰 (MC syejH))

8. 笹:

   (MC reading: 笹)

9. 說:

   (MC reading: 說 (MC sywejH))

10. 忕:

    (MC reading: 忕 (MC dzyejH))

11. 洒:

    (MC reading: 洒 (MC sejX))

12. 涗:

    (MC reading: 涗 (MC sywejH))

13. 𡜧:

    (MC reading: 𡜧)

14. 銴:

    (MC reading: 銴 (MC dzyejH))

15. 彗:

    (MC reading: 彗 (MC zwijH|zjwejH))

16. 帨:

    (MC reading: 帨 (MC tshjwejH|sywejH))

17. 繐:

    (MC reading: 繐 (MC sjwejH))

18. 蛻:

    (MC reading: 蛻 (MC sywejH))

19. 朑:

    (MC reading: 朑)

20. 檅:

    (MC reading: 檅)

21. 篲: Alternative form of 彗

    (MC reading: 篲 (MC zjwejH))

22. 蔧:

    (MC reading: 蔧 (MC zwijH))

23. 裞:

    (MC reading: 裞 (MC sywejH))

24. 詍:

    (MC reading: 詍 (MC yejH))

25. 跩:

    (MC reading: 跩)

26. 軎:

    (MC reading: 軎 (MC zjwejH))

27. 轊:

    (MC reading: 轊 (MC zjwejH))

28. 齛:

    (MC reading: 齛 (MC sjet))

29. 齥:

    (MC reading: 齥)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 24. [2]
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]