반

반	U+BC18, 반 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAN

Composition:

미 ←	→ 배
바 박 밖 밗반밙 밚 받 발 밝 밞 밟 밠 밡 밢 밣 밤 밥 밦 밧 밨 방 밪 밫 밬 밭 밮 밯

Korean edit

Sino-Korean word from 半, from the Middle Korean reading 반〯 (Yale: pǎn).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠(ː)n]
Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ban
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ban
McCune–Reischauer^?	pan
Yale Romanization^?	pān

반 • (ban) (hanja 半)

반— • (ban-) (hanja 半)

semi-; half-
반자동(半自動) (banjadong, “semiautomatic”)

반세기(半世紀) (bansegi, “half-century”)

Sino-Korean word from 班, from the Middle Korean reading 반 (Yale: pàn).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ban
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ban
McCune–Reischauer^?	pan
Yale Romanization^?	pan

반 • (ban) (hanja 班)

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠(ː)n]
Phonetic hangul: [반(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	ban
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ban
McCune–Reischauer^?	pan
Yale Romanization^?	pān

반— • (ban-) (hanja 反)

anti-; opposite
반비례(反比例) (banbirye, “inverse proportion”)
anti-; against, opposing
반정부(反政府) (banjeongbu, “antigovernment”)

Antonym: 친(親) (chin-, “pro-; in favour of”)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

반 (ban)

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