인

Korean

Etymology 1

인 읹 읺 읻 일 읽 읾 읿 잀 잁 잂 잃 임 입 잆 잇 있 잉 잊 잋 잌 잍 잎 잏 자 작 잒 잓
읜 ←	잔 →

Syllable

인 (transliterations: Revised in, McCune–Reischauer in, Yale in)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅣ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Noun

인 (in, hanja 人)

1. person; people

Derived terms

• 아라비아인 (arabiain, “Arab”)
• 한국인 (hangugin, “Korean”) (South Korea)
• 조선인 (joseonin, “Korean”) (North Korea and historical)
• 미국인 (migugin, “US American”)

Synonyms

• 사람 (saram)

Etymology 3

Noun

인 (in, hanja 燐)

1. (chemistry) phosphorus

Synonyms

• 인소 (inso)

Etymology 4

Verb

인 (hanja 忍, in) 

1. endure, bear, suffer

Etymology 5

Verb

인 (hanja 認, in) 

1. recognize, know, understand

Etymology 6

Determiner form of 이다 (ida, “to be”).

Determiner

인 (in)

1. That which is or has been something.

   임대인인 갑 Imchain-in gap

   A, who is the lessor

Usage notes

• This is written following the word which it modifies. As a form of 이다 (ida, “to be”), in both North and South Korean orthography this is treated as a particle, and as a rule no space is interposed between the preceding word and this one.