인간
Jeju edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Korean 인간 (in'gan).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
인간 (in'gan)
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 人間 (“human world”). In the Hangul script, first attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫ간 (Yale: zinkan). The most common modern sense of "human being" is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 人間 (ningen).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [inɡa̠n]
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- Phonetic hangul: [인간]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | in'gan |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ingan |
McCune–Reischauer? | in'gan |
Yale Romanization? | inkan |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 인간의 / 인간에 / 인간까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.
Noun edit
- human, human being
- Synonym: 사람 (saram, “person”)
- (rather derogatory) fellow, guy
- Synonym: 양반(兩班) (yangban)
- (dated, original meaning) human world, human society
- (North Korea) family member
- Synonym: 식구(食口) (sikgu)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- 닝겐 (ninggen)