칸

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [칸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kan
McCune–Reischauer?	k'an
Yale Romanization?	khan

Etymology 1

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 간 (Yale: kan). Originally a variant reading of 간 (間, gan, “room”).

Noun

칸 • (kan)

1. room, chamber
2. (classifier) Classifier for rooms.
3. Synonym of 칸막이 (kanmagi, “partition, compartment”)
4. space, blank space

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) / хаан (xaan) / хан (xan).

Noun

칸 • (kan)

1. khan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Cannes.

Proper noun

칸 • (Kan)

1. Cannes (a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France)