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 prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | sangmin |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sangmin |
McCune–Reischauer? | sangmin |
Yale Romanization? | sāngmin |
Proper noun
상민 • (Sangmin) (hanja 常民)
- commoner
- (historical, in particular) a member of the commoner class of the Joseon caste system who were not systematically discriminated