세

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

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

세섹섺섻센섽섾 섿셀셁셂셃셄셅 셆셇셈셉셊셋셌 셍셎셏셐셑셒셓
서 ←	→ 셔

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 세 • (se)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅅ and ㅔ.

Etymology 2

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

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

   Synonyms: 셋 (set, “three”, nominal numeral without a classifier), 삼(三) (“three”, Sino-Korean numeral)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

세 (se)

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. [1]
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]