산

산 U+C0B0, 산 HANGUL SYLLABLE SAN Composition: ㅅ + ㅏ + ㄴ ← 삯 [U+C0AF] Hangul Syllables 삱 → [U+C0B1]

사삭삮삯산삱삲 삳살삵삶삷삸삹 삺삻삼삽삾삿샀 상샂샃샄샅샆샇
삐 ←	→ 새

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 山.

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽san⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [산]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	san
Yale Romanization?	san

Noun

산 (san)

1. mountain

   Synonym: 오름 (oreum)

2. tomb

   Synonyms: 메 (me), 봉분 (bongbun)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 山.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [산]

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

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 山)

1. mountain

   산을 타다/오르다 ― san-eul tada/oreuda ― to climb a mountain

2. (metonymic) graveyard; mountainside cemetery

   Synonym: (more common) 산소(山所) (sanso)

Usage notes

• Small elevations of less than 100 meters, which would normally be considered "hills" in English, are often called 산 (san) in Korean.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 山 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (山, san).

• 뒷산(山) (dwitsan)
• 산(山)토끼 (santokki)
• 앞산(山) (apsan)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 酸.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [산]

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

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 酸)

1. (chemistry) acid

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 酸 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (酸, san).

• 스테아르산 (seuteareusan)
• 아미노산 (aminosan)
• 카복실산 (kaboksilsan)
• 팔미트산 (palmiteusan)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 算.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [산(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	san
McCune–Reischauer?	san
Yale Romanization?	sān

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 算)

1. (formal, less common) calculation

   Synonym: (more common) 계산(計算) (gyesan)

   산이 틀렸다. ― San-i teullyeotda. ― The calculation is wrong.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 算 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (算, san).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 産.

Suffix

—산 • (-san) (hanja 産)

1. made in..., product of...

   ‎한국(韓國) (han'guk, “Korea”) + ‎산(産) (san) → ‎한국산(韓國産) (han'guksan, “made in Korea”)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 産 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (産, san).