하나님

Korean

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of 하느님 (haneunim, “God”) which became popularized because of a folk etymology connecting it to 하나 (hana), and thus to the Christian concept of monotheism.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠nim]
Phonetic hangul: [하나님]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Hananim
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Hananim
McCune–Reischauer^?	Hananim
Yale Romanization^?	hananim

Proper noun

하나님 • (Hananim)

(Protestantism) God, creator
- 1961, Bible (Korean Revised Version), Changsegi (創世記 / 창세기) (Genesis) 1:1
  太(태)初(초)에 하나님이 天(천)地(지)를 創(창)造(조)하시니라
  太 (tae) 初 (cho)-e Hananim-i 天 (cheon) 地 (ji)-reul 創 (chang) 造 (jo)hasinira
  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Islam) God, creator
- Shahada
  하나님 외 에 다른 신 은 없습니다. 무함마드 는 그분 의 사도 입니다.
  Hananim oe-e dareun sin-eun eopseumnida. Muhammadeu-neun Geubun-ui sado-imnida.
  There is no god but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God.

Related terms

하느님 (Haneunim, “God, heaven”)