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U+CC9C, 천
HANGUL SYLLABLE CEON
Composition: + +

[U+CC9B]
Hangul Syllables
[U+CC9D]




챼 ←→ 체

Korean

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Etymology 1

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Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰɘ(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?chēn

Noun

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(cheon)

  1. cloth; fabric

Etymology 2

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Korean numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  100 1,000 10,000  →  1,000,000 (106)  → 
    Sino-Korean: (cheon)
    Hanja:

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

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?chen

Numeral

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(cheon) (hanja )

  1. thousand
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏn
Yale Romanization?chen

Noun

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(cheon) (hanja )

  1. sky; heavens
    Synonym: 하늘 (haneul)
    Antonym: (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.
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from (river, stream)

Noun

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(cheon) (hanja )

  1. river; stream
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