소년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 少年, from 少 (“few, less, inadequate”) + 年 (“year; new year; person's age”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈsʰo̞ːɲjʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic Hangul[소:년]
Revised Romanization? sonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)? sonyeon
McCune–Reischauer? sonyŏn
Yale Romanization? sōnyen

Noun

소년 • (sonyeon) (hanja 少年)

  1. boy

See also
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