삼촌

Korean

Alternative forms

• 삼춘 (samchun)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 三 (“three”) + 寸 (“degrees of kinship”). A degree of kinship is the relationship between a parent and a child, so an uncle is three degrees of kinship away from the speaker (speaker to parent, parent to grandparent, grandparent to uncle).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠mt͡ɕʰo̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [삼촌]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	samchon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	samchon
McCune–Reischauer?	samch'on
Yale Romanization?	samchon

Noun

삼촌 • (samchon) (hanja 三寸)

1. uncle; male sibling of a parent

Derived terms

• 외삼촌(外三寸) (oesamchon, “maternal uncle”)
• 친삼촌(親三寸) (chinsamchon, “paternal uncle”)

 

Related terms

• 사촌(四寸) (sachon, “first cousin”)
• 오촌(五寸) (ochon, “first cousin once removed”)
• 육촌(六寸) (yukchon, “second cousin”)
• 칠촌(七寸) (chilchon, “second cousin once removed”)
• 팔촌(八寸) (palchon, “third cousin”)