성
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서석섞섟선섡섢 섣설섥섦섧섨섩 섪섫섬섭섮섯섰 성섲섳섴섵섶섷 | |
섀 ← | → 세 |
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Jeju edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 兄.
Pronunciation edit
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
Yale Romanization? | seng |
Noun edit
성 (seong)
- older brother (of a male)
- older sister (of a male)
Derived terms edit
- 성님 (seongnim)
References edit
- “성” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
Korean edit
Etymology 1 edit
First attested in the Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as Middle Korean 셔ᇰ〯 (Yale: syěng).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏng |
Yale Romanization? | sēng |
Noun edit
성 • (seong)
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Korean word from 性, from the Middle Korean reading 셔ᇰ〯 (Yale: syěng).
- “-ity, -ness”
- From the Japanese usage of the character, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 性 (-sei).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏng |
Yale Romanization? | sēng |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
Suffix edit
- -ity, -ness; the nature, quality, tendency, or characteristics of something
- 잔혹성 (殘酷性) ― ruthlessness
- 인간성 (人間性) ― human nature / humanity
- 생산성 (生産性) ― productivity
Usage notes edit
The suffix is almost always tensed when attached to words with two or more syllables. See ㅅ (s#genitive) and Appendix:Sino-Korean tensing for more information on this phenomenon.
Derived terms edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 性 for Sino-Korean compounds of 성 (性, seong).
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Korean word from 姓, from the Middle Korean reading 셔ᇰ〯 (Yale: syěng).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏng |
Yale Romanization? | sēng |
Noun edit
- surname; last name
- Synonym: 성씨(姓氏) (seongssi)
- 1883, 아메노모리 호슈(雨森芳洲) [Amenomori Hōshū], “天倫”, in 浦瀬裕, editor, 재간교린수지(再刊交隣須知) (Jaegan'gyorinsuji)
NDLNLK, 外務省 edition, volume 1:- 姓 죠선(朝鮮)은 셩(姓)이 여러 셩(姓)이나 니김최안뎡박(李金崔安鄭朴) 뉵셩(六姓)이 고ᄅᆡ지셩(古來之姓)이오니
- syeng cyosen-un syeng-i yele syeng-ina ni-kim-chwoy-an-tyeng-pak nyuksyeng-i kwoloycisyeng-iwoni
- Family name: Corea's family names are numerous, but the six family names of Lee, Kim, Choi, Ahn, Jung, and Park are the ancient cognomens.
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 姓 for Sino-Korean compounds of 성 (姓, seong).
Etymology 4 edit
Sino-Korean word from 城, from the Middle Korean reading 셔ᇰ (Yale: syèng).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [성]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏng |
Yale Romanization? | seng |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 城 for Sino-Korean compounds of 성 (城, seong).
Etymology 5 edit
Sino-Korean word from 聖, from the Middle Korean reading 셔ᇰ〯 (Yale: syěng).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏng |
Yale Romanization? | sēng |
Determiner edit
Noun edit
- “the sacred”; that which is holy or sacred
- 2019, ““神을 모른다는 것을 아는 것(無知의 知), 이 말이 정답””, in Monthly Chosun[1]:
- 생명과 죽음의 문제를 […] 이야기하고 싶어 했다. 육과 영, 속과 성의 경계 허물기다.
- Saengmyeong-gwa jugeum-ui munje-reul [ … ] iyagihago sipeo haetda. Yuk-gwa yeong, sok-gwa seong-ui gyeonggye heomulgi-da.
- [He] wanted to explain the question of life and death […] breaking the lines between the body and the soul, the secular and the sacred.
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 聖 for Sino-Korean compounds of 성 (聖, seong).
Etymology 6 edit
Sino-Korean word from 星.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [성]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seong |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seong |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŏng |
Yale Romanization? | seng |
Suffix edit
- (astronomy, academic) star
- 시리우스성 ― siriuseuseong ― Sirius (the star)
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 星 for Sino-Korean compounds of 성 (星, seong).
See also edit
Etymology 7 edit
Sino-Korean word from 兄.
Noun edit
성 • (seong)
- Southern Dialectal, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Gyeonggi, and Gyeongsang form of 형(兄) (hyeong, “(for males) older brother or male”).
- 기전에 욕심 많은 저거 성님이 있고... (Jeolla, Goheung)
- Gijeone yoksim maneun jeogeo seongnimi itgo...
- Back then there was an older male who was very greedy...
Usage notes edit
In some dialects of Jeolla, it appears that females will also call older males by this term. It is also used by some older women to refer to other older females, though it is more commonly 성님 (seongnim), than 성 (seong) in that case.
Etymology 8 edit
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable edit
성 (seong)
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