사회

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sahoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sahoe
McCune–Reischauer?sahoe
Yale Romanization?sahoy

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 社會, from 社 (“god of earth”) + 會 (“gathering”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社会(しゃ​かい) (sha​kai, “society”). Cognate with Jeju 사훼 (sahwe).

Noun

사회 • (sahoe) (hanja 社會)

  1. society
  2. a class, a world of a certain group
  3. (education) social studies
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 司 (“control”) + 會 (“gathering”). Cognate with Jeju ᄉᆞ훼 (sawhwe).

Noun

사회 • (sahoe) (hanja 司會)

  1. moderation of a meeting or ceremony
    사회를 보다 ― sahoe-reul boda ― to preside over a meeting or ceremony
  2. moderator
    Synonym: 사회자(司會者) (sahoeja)
Derived terms

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

Noun

사회〮 (sàhwóy)

  1. son-in-law

Descendants

  • Jeju: 사위 (sawi)
  • Korean: 사위 (sawi)
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