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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | dang |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dang |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tang |
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| Yale Romanization? | tang |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 當 (“to bear, accept, undertake”).
Noun
당 • (dang) (hanja 當)
- justice
- this, that, something already mentioned
- Synonyms: 이 (i), 그 (geu)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 黨 (“party, faction”).
Noun
당 • (dang) (hanja 黨)
- party, faction
- Synonym: 당파(黨派) (dangpa)
Proper noun
당 • (Dang) (hanja 黨)
- (North Korea) Workers' Party of Korea
1961, “세상에 부럼없어라 (Sesang'e bureomeopseora) [We have nothing to envy in the world]”, 집체(集體) (jipche, “collective work”) (lyrics):우리의 아버진 김일성원수님
우리의 집은 당의 품
우리는 모두 다 친형제
세상에 부럼없어라- Uri-ui abeojin Gimilseong'wonsunim
Uri-ui jib-eun dang-ui pum
Uri-neun modu da chinhyeongje
Sesang-e bureomeopseora - Our father is Marshall Kim Il Sung
Our home is the bosom of the Party
We are all brothers and sisters
We have nothing to envy in the world.
Derived terms
- 정당(政黨) (jeongdang, “political party”)
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 糖 (“sugar”).
Noun
당 • (dang) (hanja 糖)
- sugar
- Synonym: 설탕(雪糖) (seoltang)
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 唐 (“Tang dynasty”).
Noun
당 • (dang) (hanja 唐)
- Tang dynasty
- Synonym: 당나라 (Dangnara)
- (as a pre-noun) Chinese, foreign (referring to products introduced from China)
- 당옴 ― dang'om ― "Chinese scabies" (syphilis)
Etymology 5
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
당 (dang)
More information
- 堂: main room; room for a specific purpose
- (eumhun reading: 집 당 (jip dang))
(MC reading: 堂 (MC dang))
- 塘:
- (MC reading: 塘 (MC dang))
- 鐺:
- (MC reading: 鐺 (MC tang|tsrhaeng))
- 撞:
- (MC reading: 撞 (MC draewng|draewngH))
- 幢:
- (MC reading: 幢 (MC draewng|draewngH))
- 戇:
- (MC reading: 戇 (MC xuwngH|traewngH))
- 棠:
- (MC reading: 棠 (MC dang))
- 螳:
- (MC reading: 螳 (MC dang))
- 倘:
- (MC reading: 倘)
- 儻:
- (MC reading: 儻 (MC thangX|thangH))
- 搪:
- (MC reading: 搪 (MC dang))
- 檔:
- (MC reading: 檔 (MC tang))
- 溏:
- (MC reading: 溏 (MC dang))
- 瑭:
- (MC reading: 瑭 (MC dang))
- 璫:
- (MC reading: 璫 (MC tang))
- 瞠:
- (MC reading: 瞠 (MC trhaeng))
- 礑:
- (MC reading: 礑)
- 蟷:
- (MC reading: 蟷 (MC tang))
- 襠:
- (MC reading: 襠 (MC tang))
- 讜:
- (MC reading: 讜 (MC tangX))
- 鏜:
- (MC reading: 鏜 (MC thang))
- 餳:
- (MC reading: 餳)
- 餹:
- (MC reading: 餹 (MC dang))
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