서인
Korean edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Korean word from 庶人, from 庶 (“ordinary”) + 人 (“person”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)in]
- Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)인]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seoin |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seoin |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏin |
Yale Romanization? | sēin |
Noun edit
- (historical) in dynastic East Asia, a commoner without royal or aristocratic privileges
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Korean word from 西人, from 西 (“West”) + 人 (“person”).
The political faction was named as such because they were initially the supporters of the royal in-law Sim Ui-gyeom, who lived in the western part of Seoul.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹in]
- Phonetic hangul: [서인]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seoin |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seoin |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏin |
Yale Romanization? | sein |
Noun edit
Proper noun edit
- (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century
Etymology 3 edit
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 성인 (聖人, seong'in, “saint, sage”).
Noun edit
서인 • (seoin)