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
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