朝鮮

See also: 朝鲜

Chinese

morning; to face; towards
morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
 
few; rare; fresh
trad. (朝鮮)
simp. (朝鲜)

Etymology

Attested in Classic of Mountains and Seas, Zhanguo Ce, Records of the Grand Historian, etc. Juha Janhunen tentatively suggests a connection to the ethnonyms Jurchen and Sushen. A common literal interpretation of this term is “morning () calm ()”, and thus Korea is also known as the “Land of the Morning Calm”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/3
Initial () (9) (11) (16)
Final () (92) (92) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter trjew drjew sjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠiᴇu/ /ɖˠiᴇu/ /siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚiɛu/ /ɖᵚiɛu/ /siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶiæu/ /ȡiæu/ /sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈiaw/ /ɖiaw/ /sian/
Li
Rong
/ȶjɛu/ /ȡjɛu/ /siɛn/
Wang
Li
/ȶĭɛu/ /ȡĭɛu/ /sĭɛn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯ɛu/ /ȡʱi̯ɛu/ /si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhāo cháo xiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ziu1 ciu4 sin1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhāo xiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ trjew › ‹ sjen ›
Old
Chinese
/*t<r>aw/ /*[s][a]r/
English morning fresh; good

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/3
No. 1309 13490
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
𪓙
Old
Chinese
/*r'ew/ /*sen/
Notes

Proper noun

朝鮮

  1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
  2. (historical) Gojoseon (ancient Korean kingdom)
  3. (王朝) (historical) Joseon (ancient Korean dynasty and state)
  4. (Mainland China) (~民主主義人民共和國) North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)
  5. (~半島) Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (朝鮮):
  • Japanese: (ちょう)(せん) (Chōsen)
  • Korean: 조선(朝鮮) (Joseon)
  • Vietnamese: Triều Tiên (朝鮮)

Others:

See also

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
せん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 朝鮮 / 朝鲜.

/teusen/ > /tjoːsen/, [tɕoːsen]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょーせ [chòóséꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]
  • ちょーせんの
  • Category:Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent deaccented before の (Tōkyō)

Proper noun

(ちょう)(せん) • (Chōsenてうせん (Teusen)?

  1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
  2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
  3. North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)

Derived terms

See also

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

朝鮮 • (Joseon) (hangeul 조선)

  1. hanja form? of 조선 :
    1. (historical) Joseon (a former Korean kingdom and dynasty in East Asia which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 CE to 1897 CE)
    2. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
    3. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
    4. (especially) North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
ちょー
Grade: 2
しん
Grade: S

Proper noun

(ちょー)(しん) (Chōshin

  1. Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)
  2. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
  3. North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)
    Synonym: 韓国 (Kankuku), 高麗 (Kōrē)

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

朝鮮

  1. chữ Hán form of Triều Tiên
    1. Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
      (tiếng)(Triều)(Tiên)the Korean language
    2. (colloquial) North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)

Synonyms