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U+CE78, 칸
HANGUL SYLLABLE KAN
Composition: + +

[U+CE77]
Hangul Syllables
[U+CE79]

칿


치 ←→ 캐

Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kan
McCune–Reischauer?k'an
Yale Romanization?khan

Etymology 1

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First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean  (Yale: kan). Originally a variant reading of (, gan, “room”).

Noun

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(kan)

  1. room, chamber
  2. Synonym of 칸막이 (kanmagi, partition, compartment)
  3. space, blank space

Counter

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(kan)

  1. Classifier for rooms.

Etymology 2

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From Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) / хаан (xaan) / хан (xan).

Noun

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(kan)

  1. khan

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from French Cannes.

Proper noun

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(Kan)

  1. Cannes (a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France)