재

재 U+C7AC, 재 HANGUL SYLLABLE JAE Composition: ㅈ + ㅐ ← 잫 [U+C7AB] Hangul Syllables 잭 → [U+C7AD]

재잭잮잯잰잱잲 잳잴잵잶잷잸잹 잺잻잼잽잾잿쟀 쟁쟂쟃쟄쟅쟆쟇
자 ←	→ 쟈

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄌᆡ (Yale: coy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ] ~ [t͡ɕe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [재/제]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jae
McCune–Reischauer?	chae
Yale Romanization?	cay

Noun

재 • (jae)

1. ash

Etymology 2

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 재 (Yale: cay). Considered to be from the same root with 잣 (jat, “castle, fortress”), because both of them use the same hanja 城 for the hun readings in the pre-modern times.^[1]

Noun

재 • (jae)

1. mountain pass. compare 고개.

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Prefix

재— • (jae-) (hanja 再)

1. again

Syllable

재 • (jae)

1. 再
2. 咦
3. 夈
4. 才
5. 齜
6. 災
7. 載

References

1. MIZUNO, Shumpei (2013 february) “外邦図（朝鮮·略図）地名における古代朝鮮語語彙 : 「忽（kol）」「己（ki）」「잣（cas）」について”, in 北海商科大学論集（ISSN 2186-330X）第2巻 第1号‎ (PDF)