시혜

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 施惠.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)ʝe̞] ~ [ˈɕʰi(ː)ɦe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)혜/시(ː)헤]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	sihye
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	sihye
McCune–Reischauer^?	sihye
Yale Romanization^?	sīhyey

Noun

시혜 • (sihye) (hanja 施惠)

generosity; charity; the dispensing of generosity or charity
- c. 1900, anonymous author, ᄉᆞᆷᄒᆞᆫ가 [Song of Three Sorrows]:
  ᄒᆞᄒᆡ갓치 널분 덕ᄐᆡᆨ 시ᄒᆡᄒᆞ기 힘을 쎠쎠 […]
  hahaegatchi neolbun deoktaek sihaehagi himeul ssyeossyeo [ … ]
  [By] her kindness, as wide as the river and sea, she exerted her strength in dispensing charity […]
- 2014, 진은영 [jineunyeong], “우리의 연민은 정오의 그림차처럼 짧고, 우리의 수치심은 자정의 그림자처럼 길다 [uriui yeonmineun jeong'oui geurimchacheoreom jjalgo, uriui suchisimeun jajeong'ui geurimjacheoreom gilda]”, in 눈먼 자들의 국가 [nunmeon jadeurui gukga, The Country of the Blind], Munhak dongne, →ISBN, page 75:
  시혜는 강자가 약자 에게 제공하는 것 으로 불평등한 관계 를 전제할 때 만 가능한 활동 이다. 시혜와 평등 은 완벽하게 대립한다.
  Sihye-neun gangja-ga yakja-ege jegonghaneun geos-euro bulpyeongdeunghan gwan'gye-reul jeonjehal ttae-man ganeunghan hwaldon-g'ida. Sihye-wa pyeongdeun-g'eun wanbyeokhage daeriphanda.
  Charity is given by the strong to the weak, an activity possible only by presupposing a relationship of inequality. Charity and equality are diametrically opposed.

Derived terms

시혜(施惠)하다 (sihyehada)
시혜적(施惠的) (sihyejeok)