Juche
/ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ/noun
Juche is spelled J-U-C-H-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Juche means “The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Juche?
| Letters | 5: J-U-C-H-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Juche?
Juche appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Juche?
- /ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-Juche.mp3, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does Juche mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Juche in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense North Korean self-reliance state ideology:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Juche come from?
Borrowed from Korean 주체(主體) (juche, “self-reliance”, literally “a subject”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).