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| 사삭삮삯산삱삲 삳살삵삶삷삸삹 삺삻삼삽삾삿샀 상샂샃샄샅샆샇 | |
| 삐 ← | → 새 |
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Korean edit
Etymology 1 edit
| 40 | ||
| ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
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| Native isol.: 넷 (net) Native attr.: 네 (ne), (dated) 넉 (neok), (archaic) 너 (neo) Sino-Korean: 사 (sa) Hanja: 四 Ordinal: 넷째 (netjjae) | ||
Sino-Korean word from 四.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
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| Revised Romanization? | sa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sa |
| Yale Romanization? | sā |
Numeral edit
- (Sino-Korean numeral) four
Usage notes edit
This numeral is sometimes considered unlucky because 사(四) (sa) is homophonous with 사(死) (sa), the hanja for "death". This is common throughout East Asia.
In modern Korean, numbers are usually written in Arabic numerals.
The Korean language has two sets of numerals: a native set of numerals inherited from Old Korean, and a Sino-Korean set which was borrowed from Middle Chinese in the first millennium C.E.
Native classifiers take native numerals.
- 개 한 마리 (gae han mari, “one dog”, native numeral)
- 나무 두 그루 (namu du geuru, “two trees”, native numeral)
Some Sino-Korean classifiers take native numerals, others take Sino-Korean numerals, while yet others take both.
- 종이 두 장(張) (jong'i du jang, “two sheets of paper”, native numeral)
- 이 분(分) (i bun, “two minutes”, Sino-Korean numeral)
- 서른/삼십 명(名) (seoreun/samsip myeong, “thirty people”, both sets possible)
Recently loaned classifiers generally take Sino-Korean numerals.
For many terms, a native numeral has a quantifying sense, whereas a Sino-Korean numeral has a sense of labeling.
- 세 반(班) (se ban, “three school classes”, native numeral)
- 삼 반(班) (sam ban, “Class Number Three”, Sino-Korean numeral)
When used in isolation, native numerals refer to objects of that number and are used in counting and quantifying, whereas Sino-Korean numerals refer to the numbers in a more mathematical sense.
- 하나만 더 주세요 (hana-man deo juse-yo, “Could you give me just one more, please”, native numeral)
- 일 더하기 일은? (il deohagi ir-eun?, “What's one plus one?”, Sino-Korean numeral)
While older stages of Korean had native numerals up to the thousands, native numerals currently exist only up to ninety-nine, and Sino-Korean is used for all higher numbers. There is also a tendency—particularly among younger speakers—to uniformly use Sino-Korean numerals for the higher tens as well, so that native numerals such as 일흔 (ilheun, “seventy”) or 아흔 (aheun, “ninety”) are becoming less common.
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Korean word from 社.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [사]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sa |
| Yale Romanization? | sa |
Noun edit
Suffix edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 社 for Sino-Korean compounds of 사 (社, sa).
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Korean word from 死.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sa |
| Yale Romanization? | sā |
Noun edit
Counter edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Sino-Korean word from 私.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [사]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sa |
| Yale Romanization? | sa |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 私 for Sino-Korean compounds of 사 (私, sa).
Etymology 5 edit
Sino-Korean word from 史.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sa |
| Yale Romanization? | sā |
Noun edit
Suffix edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 史 for Sino-Korean compounds of 사 (史, sa).
Etymology 6 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [사]
| Romanizations | |
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| Revised Romanization? | sa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sa |
| Yale Romanization? | sa |
Noun edit
사 • (sa)
- sol (musical note)
Etymology 7 edit
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable edit
사 (sa)
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