칸

칸 U+CE78, 칸 HANGUL SYLLABLE KAN Composition: ㅋ + ㅏ + ㄴ ← 칷 [U+CE77] Hangul Syllables 칹 → [U+CE79]

카칵칶칷칸칹칺 칻칼칽칾칿캀캁 캂캃캄캅캆캇캈 캉캊캋캌캍캎캏
치 ←	→ 캐

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʰa̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [칸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kan
McCune–Reischauer?	k'an
Yale Romanization?	khan

Etymology 1

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 간 (Yale: kan). Originally a variant reading of 간 (間, gan, “room”).

Noun

칸 • (kan)

1. room, chamber
2. Synonym of 칸막이 (kanmagi, “partition, compartment”)
3. space, blank space

Counter

칸 • (kan)

1. Classifier for rooms.

Etymology 2

From Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ (qaɣan) / хаан (xaan) / хан (xan).

Noun

칸 • (kan)

1. khan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Cannes.

Proper noun

칸 • (Kan)

1. Cannes (a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France)