사단
Korean
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 師團 (“military division”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠da̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [사단]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sadan |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sadan |
McCune–Reischauer? | sadan |
Yale Romanization? | satan |
Noun
사단 • (sadan) (hanja 師團)
- (military) military division
Related terms
- 군단(軍團) (gundan, “army corps”)
- 여단(旅團) (yeodan, “army brigade”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 社團, from 社 (“society”) + 團 (“organization”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠da̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [사단]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sadan |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sadan |
McCune–Reischauer? | sadan |
Yale Romanization? | satan |
Noun
사단 • (sadan) (hanja 社團)
- association; society; civic organization (non-governmental organization organized by private citizens for cultural, academic or public welfare purposes)
Related terms
- 재단(財團) (jaedan, “foundation”)
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 四 (“four”) + 端 (“clues”), introduced by the fourth-century BCE philosophical treatise Mencius.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)da̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)단]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sadan |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sadan |
McCune–Reischauer? | sadan |
Yale Romanization? | sātan |
Noun
사단 • (sadan) (hanja 四端)
- (Confucianism, philosophy) the four universal emotions that reveal the fundamental goodness of humanity:
- 측은지심 (惻隱之心, cheugeunjisim, “compassion and sympathy”)
- 수오지심 (羞惡之心, suojisim, “shame and dislike [of wrongdoing]”)
- 사양지심 (辭讓之心, sayangjisim, “modesty and politeness”)
- 시비지심 (是非之心, sibijisim, “discrimination between good and bad”)