산

산 U+C0B0, 산
HANGUL SYLLABLE SAN
Composition:ㅅ + ㅏ + ㄴ
← 삯
[U+C0AF]
Hangul Syllables 삱 →
[U+C0B1]
사삭삮삯산삱삲
삳살삵삶삷삸삹
삺삻삼삽삾삿샀
상샂샃샄샅샆샇
삐 ←→ 새

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 山.

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽san⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [sʰa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [산]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
Yale Romanization?san

Noun

산 (san)

  1. mountain
    Synonym: 오름 (oreum)
  2. tomb
    Synonyms: 메 (me), 봉분 (bongbun)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 山.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
McCune–Reischauer?san
Yale Romanization?san

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 山)

  1. mountain
    산을 타다/오르다 ― san-eul tada/oreuda ― to climb a mountain
  2. (metonymically) graveyard; mountainside cemetery
    Synonym: (more common) 산소(山所) (sanso)
Usage notes
  • Small elevations of less than 100 meters, which would normally be considered "hills" in English, are often called 산 (san) in Korean.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 酸.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
McCune–Reischauer?san
Yale Romanization?san

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 酸)

  1. (chemistry) acid
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 算.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [산(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?san
Revised Romanization (translit.)?san
McCune–Reischauer?san
Yale Romanization?sān

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 算)

  1. (formal, less common) calculation
    Synonym: (more common) 계산(計算) (gyesan)
    산이 틀렸다. ― San-i teullyeotda. ― The calculation is wrong.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 産.

Suffix

—산 • (-san) (hanja 産)

  1. made in..., product of...
    ‎한국(韓國) (han'guk, “Korea”) + ‎산(産) (san) → ‎한국산(韓國産) (han'guksan, “made in Korea”)
Derived terms
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