해자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 垓子/垓字

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɛd͡ʑa̠] ~ [he̞d͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [해자/헤자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	haeja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	haeja
McCune–Reischauer?	haeja
Yale Romanization?	hayca

Noun

해자 • (haeja) (hanja 垓子/垓字)

1. edge, boundary (of a garden, graveyard, mausoleum, etc.)
2. moat, fosse

Synonyms

• 성밑못 (城밑못, seongminmot)
• 성하지 (城下池, seonghaji)
• 성호 (城濠, seongho)
• 호 (濠, ho) (filled with water)
• 황 (隍, hwang) (without water)

(also meaning ditch, sap, trench)

• 참호 (塹壕, chamho)
• 참 (塹, cham)
• 호 (壕, ho)

Related terms

• 해 (垓, hae): edge (of land), boundary; defence
• 자 (字, ja): ideograph

See also

• 책 (柵, chaek): palisade, fence, fort

Middle Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽hǎjt͡sa⫽

Noun

해〯자 (hǎycà)

1. spending
   • 1463, 법화경언해 [beophwagyeong'eonhae], volume 7, page 157b:

     님〯그ᇝ〮 해〯자ᄅᆞᆯ〮 져〯기〮 ᄒᆞ〮시고〮 님〯그ᇝ〮 欲(욕〮)을〮 져〮기〮 ᄒᆞ〮시면 비록〮 糧(랴ᇰ)食(씩〮) 업〯서도〮 足(죡〮)ᄒᆞ리니〮

     nǐmkúm-s hǎycà-lól cyěkí hó-sì-kwó nǐmkúm-s YWÓK-úl cyékí hó-sì-myèn pìlwók LYÀNG.SSÍK ěps-è-twó CYWÓK-hò-lì-ní

     If you reduce the king's spending and reduce the king's greed, [there] shall be enough even if there is no food