상권

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 商圈, from 商 (“merchant, commerce”) + 圈 (“area”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ŋk͈wʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [상꿘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sanggwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sanggwon
McCune–Reischauer?	sangkwŏn
Yale Romanization?	sangqkwen

Noun

상권 • (sanggwon) (hanja 商圈)

1. an area of commercial dominion

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 商 (“merchant, commerce”) + 權 (“right”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ŋk͈wʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [상꿘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sanggwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sanggwon
McCune–Reischauer?	sangkwŏn
Yale Romanization?	sangqkwen

Noun

상권 • (sanggwon) (hanja 商權)

1. commercial rights

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 上卷

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ŋɡwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [상(ː)권]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sanggwon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sanggwon
McCune–Reischauer?	sanggwŏn
Yale Romanization?	sāngkwen

Noun

상권 • (sanggwon) (hanja 上卷)

1. the first volume of a duology or trilogy