인간

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Etymology

Cognate with Korean 인간 (in'gan).

Pronunciation

Noun

인간 (in'gan)

  1. man
  2. humanity

Korean

Etymology

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(にんげん) (ningen).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
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

인간 • (in'gan) (hanja 人間)

  1. human, human being
    Synonym: 사람 (saram, “person”)
    인간은 죽기 마련이다. (written register)
    In'ganeun jukgi maryeonida.
    Humans are bound to die.
  2. (rather derogatory) fellow, guy
    Synonym: 양반(兩班) (yangban)
  3. (dated, original meaning) human world, human society
  4. (North Korea) family member
    Synonym: 식구(食口) (sikgu)

Derived terms

See also

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