우산

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 雨傘, from 雨 (“rain”) + 傘 (“umbrella”), inherited via Middle Korean 우〯산〮 (wǔsán).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	usan
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	usan
McCune–Reischauer^?	usan
Yale Romanization^?	wūsan

Noun

우산 • (usan) (hanja 雨傘)

umbrella

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 于山.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	Usan
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	Usan
McCune–Reischauer^?	Usan
Yale Romanization^?	wūsan

Proper noun

우산 • (Usan) (hanja 于山)

Usan (an ancient Korean kingdom, tributary to Silla)

Middle Korean

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 雨傘 (MC hjuX sanX).

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽úsan⫽, ⫽ǔsan⫽

Noun

우〮산〮 (wúsán)

umbrella
- 1517, 번역박통사 [beonyeokbaktongsa], volume 상 [sang], page 40a:
  이〮ᄂᆞᆫ〮 우〯산
  í-nón wǔsàn
  This is an umbrella.
- 1527, 훈몽자회 [hunmongjahoe], 예산문고본 [yesanmun'gobon] edition, volume 중 [jung], page 7b:
  傘(산〯) 우〮산〮 산〯
  SǍN wúsán sǎn
  [The character] 傘 is umbrella sǎn.
- 1576, 백련초해 [baengnyeonchohae]:
  못 가온ᄃᆡ 년니 픈 고기 의 우사니 오
  mwos kawontoy nyenniph-un kwoki-uy wusan-i-Gwo
  The lily pad amidst the pond is the fish's umbrella, ...

Usage notes

Possibly displaced earlier 슈룹〮.

Though clearly Sino-Korean in origin, this term is never attested in its Hanja form or as its regular reading 우〮산〯. This may suggest that speakers perceived this term to be native, at least to some extent, by the 16c.