"세계" meaning in Korean

See 세계 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: segye [romanization], 世界 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|世界}}, {{ko-etym-sino|世界|world}} Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=世界}} 세계 • (segye) (hanja 世界)
  1. the world, the Earth
    Sense id: en-세계-ko-noun-xPeJbpZz
  2. (tarot) The World (Tarot card)
    Sense id: en-세계-ko-noun-6ZCJu2JJ Categories (other): Cartomancy, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked: 8 92 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 14 86 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 9 91 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences, tarot
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 세계관(世界觀) (segyegwan) (english: worldview)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "worldview",
      "roman": "segyegwan",
      "word": "세계관(世界觀)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "世界"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "世界",
        "2": "world"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "segye",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世界",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "世界"
      },
      "expansion": "세계 • (segye) (hanja 世界)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the biggest tree in the world",
          "roman": "segyeeseo jeil keun namu",
          "text": "세계에서 제일 큰 나무",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the world, the Earth"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-세계-ko-noun-xPeJbpZz",
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Cartomancy",
          "orig": "ko:Cartomancy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The World (Tarot card)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-세계-ko-noun-6ZCJu2JJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tarot",
          "tarot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tarot) The World (Tarot card)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences",
        "tarot"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "세(ː)계"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "세(ː)게"
    }
  ],
  "word": "세계"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
    "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sino-Korean words"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "worldview",
      "roman": "segyegwan",
      "word": "세계관(世界觀)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "世界"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "世界",
        "2": "world"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "segye",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "世界",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "世界"
      },
      "expansion": "세계 • (segye) (hanja 世界)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the biggest tree in the world",
          "roman": "segyeeseo jeil keun namu",
          "text": "세계에서 제일 큰 나무",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the world, the Earth"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "Earth",
          "Earth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ko:Cartomancy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The World (Tarot card)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "tarot",
          "tarot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tarot) The World (Tarot card)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences",
        "tarot"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "세(ː)계"
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "세(ː)게"
    }
  ],
  "word": "세계"
}

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