鮮人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鮮	人
せん Grade: S	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 朝鮮人 (chōsenjin, “Korean person”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんじん [sèńjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

鮮(せん)人(じん) • (senjin) 

1. (dated, colloquial) Korean (person)

   鮮人(センジン)ニ対(タイ)スル迫害(ハクガイ)ニ関(カン)シ告諭(コクユ)ノ件(クダリ)

   senjin ni taisuru hakugai ni kanshi kokuyu no kudari

   Statement on the persecution of Koreans (1923, issued by the second Yamamoto cabinet)

   • 1930, Taneda Santōka, 行乞記 [Gyōkotsuki]:

     鮮人(せんじん)はダラシがないことは日本人同様(にほんじんどうよう)、ツケアガルことは日本人以上(にほんじんいじょう)、支那人(しなじん)は金貯(かねた)め人種(じんしゅ)だ、行商人(ぎょうしょうにん)の中(なか)で酒(さけ)でも飲(の)んでゐる支那人(しなじん)をみたことがない。

     Senjin wa darashi ga nai koto wa nihonjin dōyō, tsukeagaru koto wa nihonjin ijō, shinajin wa kanetame jinshu da, gyōshōnin no naka de sake demo nondeiru shinajin o mita koto ga nai.

     The Koreans are similar to the Japanese in their festiveness, and tend to get carried away even easier than us, but the Chinese are a stingy race. I have never seen a Chinese man drinking among pedlars.

Derived terms

• 不逞鮮人(ふていせんじん) (futei senjin, “Korean who opposed Japanese rule”, literally “insubordinate Korean”)
• 怪鮮人(かいせんじん) (kaisenjin)