촌

Korean

Etymology 1

초촉촊촋촌촍촎 촏촐촑촒촓촔촕 촖촗촘촙촚촛촜 총촞촟촠촡촢촣
쳬 ←	→ 촤

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [촌]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'on
Yale Romanization?	chon

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 촌 • (chon)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅊ, ㅗ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 村

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'on
Yale Romanization?	chōn

Noun

촌 • (chon) (hanja 村)

1. village
2. countryside, country, rural area

Synonyms

• (village) 마을 (ma'eul)
• (countryside) 시골 (sigol)

Derived terms

• 촌락 (chollak)
• 촌사람 (chonsaram)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 寸

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [촌]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'on
Yale Romanization?	chon

Noun

촌 • (chon) (hanja 寸)

1. (units of measure) Synonym of 치 (chi): the chi or Korean inch.
2. (units of measure) Synonym of 돈 (don): the don, a small unit of weight.
3. degree of kinship

Derived terms

• 촌수 (chonsu)

See also

• 친척 (chincheok)

References

• 촌 in dictionaries at daum.net