자

ja · [자]

come on · okay · here · hm

interjectionnounIntermediate

Meanings

자 · interjection · Intermediate

  1. come onAn exclamation uttered when the speaker asks or urges someone to do something.
  2. okay; hereAn exclamation uttered when the speaker attracts someone's attention.
  3. hmAn exclamation the speaker says to himself/herself when he/she feels embarrassed or finds himself/herself at a loss for what to do.

자 · noun · Intermediate

  1. letter; characterA sign used to write down a spoken word.
  2. letterA unit of counting letters.
  3. dateA day of the month in a certain year.

자 · noun · Intermediate

  1. rulerA stationery item with scales printed on it, used to measure length.
Other Words Spelled the Same (2)

자 · bound noun

  1. A bound noun used as a unit of length.

자 · bound noun

  1. personA bound noun that means a guy or person.

Written Forms

자Hangul
字Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Ah, those are basic logical operators in programming.

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Here, this is the coffee Seoyeon likes.

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It is hard enough to fill up the 600 characters, but I am not even sure what order I should write in.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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