朝鮮

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See also: 朝鲜

Chinese

morning; to face; towards
morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
 
few; rare; fresh
trad. (朝鮮)
simp. (朝鲜)
Wikipedia has articles on:
Joseon Korea (朝鮮) and Tsushima Island (鳯馬) on the general map from the 1754 Provincial Atlas of the Qing Empire
朝鲜 as a Chinese gloss for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Etymology

Attested in Classic of Mountains and Seas, Zhanguo Ce, Records of the Grand Historian, etc. Juha Janhunen tentatively suggests a connection to the ethnonyms Jurchen and Sushen. A common literal interpretation of this term is “morning () calm ()”, and thus Korea is also known as the “Land of the Morning Calm”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/3
Initial () (9) (11) (16)
Final () (92) (92) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter trjew drjew sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠiᴇu/ /ɖˠiᴇu/ /siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚiɛu/ /ɖᵚiɛu/ /siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiæu/ /ȡiæu/ /sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈiaw/ /ɖiaw/ /sian/
Li
Rong
/ȶjɛu/ /ȡjɛu/ /siɛn/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭɛu/ /ȡĭɛu/ /sĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯ɛu/ /ȡʱi̯ɛu/ /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhāo cháo xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ziu1 ciu4 sin1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhāo xiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjew › ‹ sjen ›
Old
Chinese
/*t<r>aw/ /*r/
English morning fresh; good

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/3
No. 1309 13490
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𪓙
Old
Chinese
/*r'ew/ /*sen/
Notes

Proper noun

朝鮮

  1. Korea (two countries in East Asia, North Korea and South Korea)
  2. (historical) Gojoseon (ancient Korean kingdom)
  3. (王朝) (historical) Joseon (ancient Korean dynasty and state)
  4. (Mainland China) (~民主主義人民共和國) North Korea (a country in East Asia)
  5. (~半島) Korean Peninsula

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (朝鮮):

Others:

See also

References

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 朝鮮朝鲜.

/teusen/ > /tjoːsen/,

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(ちょう)(せん) (Chōsenてうせん (Teusen)?

  1. Korea (two countries in East Asia, North Korea and South Korea)
  2. North Korea (a country in East Asia)

Derived terms

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

朝鮮 (Joseon) (hangeul 조선)

  1. hanja form? of 조선 (Joseon; Korea, especially North Korea)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
ちょー
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: S

Proper noun

(ちょー)(しん) (Chōshin

  1. Korea (two countries in East Asia, North Korea and South Korea)
  2. North Korea (a country in East Asia)
    Synonym: 韓国 (Kwankuku), 高麗 (Kōrē)

References

  1. ちょーしん【朝鮮】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

朝鮮

  1. chữ Hán form of Triều Tiên (Korea; North Korea).