천

Of native Korean origin.

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

천 • (cheon)

1. cloth; fabric

Sino-Korean word from 千 (“thousand”), from the Middle Korean reading 쳔 (Yale: chyèn), from Middle Chinese 千 (MC tshen).

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천 • (cheon) (hanja 千)

1. thousand

• See the hanja entry at 千 for Sino-Korean compounds of 천 (千, cheon).

Sino-Korean word from 天 (“sky, heaven”), from the Middle Korean reading 텬 (Yale: thyèn), from Middle Chinese 天 (MC then).

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천 • (cheon) (hanja 天)

1. sky; heavens

   Synonym: 하늘 (haneul)

   Antonym: 땅 (ttang)

2. Godhead
3. tao; nature; natural laws
4. (Buddhism) the upper heavenly world over the earthly human world where the heavenly king and heavenly people are supposed to live.

• See the hanja entry at 天 for Sino-Korean compounds of 천 (天, cheon).

Sino-Korean word from 川 (“river, stream”)

천 • (cheon) (hanja 川)

1. river; stream

• See the hanja entry at 川 for Sino-Korean compounds of 천 (川, cheon).