세

세 • (se)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅅ and ㅔ.

First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 세 (Yale: sey).

• IPA^(key)[sʰe̞ː]
• Phonetic Hangul[세]

세 • (se)

1. three (of something)

   학생 세 명

   haksaeng se myeong

   three students

   비둘기 세 마리

   bidulgi se mari

   three pigeons

• 셋 (set) (used for the number by itself)

• 삼 (三, sam)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

세 (se)

1. 世:

   (MC reading: 世 (MC ɕiᴇi^H))

2. 洗:

   (MC reading: 洗 (MC sei^X))

3. 稅:

   (MC reading: 稅 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H))

4. 細:

   (MC reading: 細 (MC sei^H))

5. 勢:

   (MC reading: 勢 (MC ɕiᴇi^H))

6. 歲:

   (MC reading: 歲 (MC siuᴇi^H))

7. 貰:

   (MC reading: 貰 (MC ɕiᴇi^H))

8. 笹:

   (MC reading: 笹)

9. 說:

   (MC reading: 說 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H))

10. 忕:

    (MC reading: 忕 (MC d͡ʑiᴇi^H))

11. 洒:

    (MC reading: 洒 (MC sei^X))

12. 涗:

    (MC reading: 涗 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H))

13. 𡜧:

    (MC reading: 𡜧)

14. 銴:

    (MC reading: 銴 (MC d͡ʑiᴇi^H))

15. 彗:

    (MC reading: 彗 (MC ziuɪ^H, ziuᴇi^H))

16. 帨:

    (MC reading: 帨 (MC t͡sʰiuᴇi^H, ɕiuᴇi^H))

17. 繐:

    (MC reading: 繐 (MC siuᴇi^H))

18. 蛻:

    (MC reading: 蛻 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H))

19. 朑:

    (MC reading: 朑)

20. 檅:

    (MC reading: 檅)

21. 篲: Alternative form of 彗

    (MC reading: 篲 (MC ziuᴇi^H))

22. 蔧:

    (MC reading: 蔧 (MC ziuɪ^H))

23. 裞:

    (MC reading: 裞 (MC ɕiuᴇi^H))

24. 詍:

    (MC reading: 詍 (MC jiᴇi^H))

25. 跩:

    (MC reading: 跩)

26. 軎:

    (MC reading: 軎 (MC ziuᴇi^H))

27. 轊:

    (MC reading: 轊 (MC ziuᴇi^H))

28. 齛:

    (MC reading: 齛 (MC siᴇt̚))

29. 齥:

    (MC reading: 齥)

• 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-yonghanjapyo), page 24.
• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.