인간

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese 人間 (human), which is from the Chinese Buddhist term 人間界 (human world), compound of 人間 (among humans) and 界 (world).

Pronunciation
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Noun

인간 • (in-gan) (hanja 人間)

  1. people, humanity
    • 모든 인간은 언젠가 반드시 죽는다.
      Modeun in-ganeun eonjen-ga bandeusi jungneunda.
      Every human being is bound to die one day.
    • 인간의 학술명은 호모 사피엔스다.
      In-ganui haksulmyeong-eun homo sapienseuda.
      The binomial name for human is homo sapiens.

Derived terms
  • 인간적 (in-ganjeok, “human”)
  • 인간성 (人間性, in-ganseong, “quality of being human”)
Synonym
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