Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sahoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sahoe
McCune–Reischauer?sahoe
Yale Romanization?sahoy

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 社會, from (god of earth) + (gathering), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社会(しゃ​かい) (sha​kai, society). Cognate with Jeju 사훼 (sahwe).

Noun

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사회 (sahoe) (hanja 社會)

  1. society
  2. a class, a world of a certain group
  3. (education) social studies
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from (control) + (gathering). Cognate with Jeju ᄉᆞ훼 (sawhwe).

Noun

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사회 (sahoe) (hanja 司會)

  1. moderation of a meeting or ceremony
    사회 보다sahoe-reul bodato preside over a meeting or ceremony
  2. moderator
    Synonym: 사회자(司會者) (sahoeja)
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Middle Korean

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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사회〮 (sàhwóy)

  1. son-in-law

Descendants

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  • Jeju: 사위 (sawi)
  • Korean: 사위 (sawi)