삼촌

Korean

Alternative forms

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

    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

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