성

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Korean [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

서 석 섞 섟 선 섡 섢 섣 설 섥 섦 섧 섨 섩 섪 섫 섬 섭 섮 섯 섰 성 섲 섳 섴 섵 섶 섷
섀 ←	세 →

First attested in the Myobeopyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as 셔ᇰ (Yale: syeG).

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: sʌːŋ
Phonetic hangul: 성ː

Romanization

Revised	seong
McCune–Reischauer	sŏng	Yale	sēng

Noun [edit]

성 (seong)

anger, rage, wrath, offense

Etymology 2 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: sʌŋ
Phonetic hangul: 성

Romanization

Revised	seong
McCune–Reischauer	sŏng	Yale	seng

Noun [edit]

성 (seong, hanja 性)

sex, sexuality
grammatical gender

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Japanese suffix 性

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: sʌŋ
Phonetic hangul: 썽

Romanization

Revised	seong
McCune–Reischauer	sŏng	Yale	seng

Suffix [edit]

성 (seong, hanja 性)

-ity. characteristic

Etymology 4 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: sʌŋ
Phonetic hangul: 성

Romanization

Revised	seong
McCune–Reischauer	sŏng	Yale	seng

Noun [edit]

성 (seong, hanja 姓)

surname

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