민족

Korean

FWOTD – 4 May 2016

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 民族, from 民 (“populace”) + 族 (“lineage”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [miɲd͡ʑo̞k̚]
- Audio: (file)
Phonetic hangul: [민족]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	minjok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	minjog
McCune–Reischauer^?	minjok
Yale Romanization^?	min.cok

Noun

민족 • (minjok) (hanja 民族)

people; nation; ethnicity; race; tribe
Synonyms: 겨레 (gyeore), 동족(同族) (dongjok)

민족 해방 ― minjok haebang ― national liberation

민족 이동 ― minjok idong ― ethnic migration
- 2016, 舊(구)소련권 영토 갈등 분출… 러, 親(친)러 지역 독립 부추겨
  25년 전 소련 붕괴 당시 의 국경·민족·종교 혼란 상 이 재현되고 있 다는 의미 다.
  Isibonyeon jeon soryeon bunggoe dangsi-ui gukgyeong·minjok·jonggyo hollansan-g'i jaehyeondoego it-daneun uimi-da.
  It means the chaos of national borders, ethnicities and religions 25 years ago during the collapse of the Soviet Union is being reproduced.

Derived terms

민족적(民族的) (minjokjeok)
민족주의(民族主義) (minjokjuui)

Descendants

→ English: minjok

See also

인종(人種) (injong, “race”)