상민

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 常民 (“commoner”).

Pronunciation

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

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

Proper noun

상민 • (Sangmin) (hanja 常民)

1. commoner
2. (historical, in particular) a member of the commoner class of the Joseon caste system who were not systematically discriminated