사회

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠βwe̞] ~ [sʰa̠ɦø̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [사훼/사회]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sahoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sahoe
McCune–Reischauer?	sahoe
Yale Romanization?	sahoy

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 社會, from 社 (“god of earth”) + 會 (“gathering”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社会(しゃ​かい) (sha​kai, “society”). Cognate with Jeju 사훼 (sahwe).

Noun

사회 • (sahoe) (hanja 社會)

1. society
2. a class, a world of a certain group
3. (education) social studies

Derived terms

• 사회복지(社會福祉) (sahoebokji, “social welfare”)
• 사회운동(社會運動) (sahoe'undong)
• 사회주의(社會主義) (sahoejuui, “socialism”)
• 사회학(社會學) (sahoehak, “sociology”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 司 (“control”) + 會 (“gathering”). Cognate with Jeju ᄉᆞ훼 (sawhwe).

Noun

사회 • (sahoe) (hanja 司會)

1. moderation of a meeting or ceremony

   사회를 보다 ― sahoe-reul boda ― to preside over a meeting or ceremony

2. moderator

   Synonym: 사회자(司會者) (sahoeja)

Derived terms

• 사회(司會)하다 (sahoehada, “to moderate or preside over”)
• 사회자(司會者) (sahoeja, “moderator”)

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sà.hój/

Noun

사회〮 (sàhwóy)

1. son-in-law

Descendants

• Jeju: 사위 (sawi)
• Korean: 사위 (sawi)