사단

Korean

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 師團 (“military division”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sadan
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sadan
    McCune–Reischauer?sadan
    Yale Romanization?satan

    Noun

    사단 • (sadan) (hanja 師團)

    1. (military) military division

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 社團, from 社 (“society”) + 團 (“organization”).

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?sadan
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?sadan
      McCune–Reischauer?sadan
      Yale Romanization?satan

      Noun

      사단 • (sadan) (hanja 社團)

      1. association; society; civic organization (non-governmental organization organized by private citizens for cultural, academic or public welfare purposes)
      • 재단(財團) (jaedan, “foundation”)

      Etymology 3

        Sino-Korean word from 四 (“four”) + 端 (“clues”), introduced by the fourth-century BCE philosophical treatise Mencius.

        Pronunciation

        • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)da̠n]
        • Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)단]
          • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
        Romanizations
        Revised Romanization?sadan
        Revised Romanization (translit.)?sadan
        McCune–Reischauer?sadan
        Yale Romanization?sātan

        Noun

        사단 • (sadan) (hanja 四端)

        1. (Confucianism, philosophy) the four universal emotions that reveal the fundamental goodness of humanity:
          1. 측은지심 (惻隱之心, cheugeunjisim, “compassion and sympathy”)
          2. 수오지심 (羞惡之心, suojisim, “shame and dislike [of wrongdoing]”)
          3. 사양지심 (辭讓之心, sayangjisim, “modesty and politeness”)
          4. 시비지심 (是非之心, sibijisim, “discrimination between good and bad”)
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