"인간" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Jeju]

IPA: [inɡa̠n] (note: Jeju City) Forms: in'gan [romanization]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 人間, cognate with Korean 인간 (in'gan). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|人間}}, {{ko-sino|人間}} Sino-Korean word from 人間, {{cog|ko|인간}} Korean 인간 (in'gan) Head templates: {{head|jje|noun}} 인간 (in'gan)
  1. man
    Sense id: en-인간-jje-noun-SLZ24rEH Categories (other): Jeju entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Jeju entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
  2. humanity
    Sense id: en-인간-jje-noun-HbdrTXBR Categories (other): Jeju entries with incorrect language header, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Jeju entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 8 13 25 8 16 29

Noun [Korean]

IPA: [inɡa̠n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: in'gan [romanization], 人間 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 人間 (“human world”). In the hangul script, first attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫ간 (Yale: zinkan). The most common modern sense of "human being" is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 人間(にんげん) (ningen). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|人間}}, {{ko-etym-sino|人間|human world}} Sino-Korean word from 人間 (“human world”), {{ko-etym-native|bb|ᅀᅵᆫ간|zinkan|hangul=y|nocat=1}} In the hangul script, first attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫ간 (Yale: zinkan)., {{obor|ko|ja|-|nocap=y}} orthographic borrowing from Japanese, {{ja-r|人間|にんげん}} 人間(にんげん) (ningen) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=人間}} 인간 • (in'gan) (hanja 人間)
  1. human, human being Synonyms: 사람
    Sense id: en-인간-ko-noun-SYbDwD-k Categories (other): Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 8 13 25 8 16 29
  2. (rather derogatory) fellow, guy Synonyms: 양반 (alt: 兩班)
    Sense id: en-인간-ko-noun-N4EW2W8E
  3. (dated, original meaning) human world, human society Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-인간-ko-noun-xdMjnuEg Categories (other): Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 8 13 25 8 16 29
  4. (North Korea) family member Tags: North-Korea Synonyms: 식구 (alt: 食口)
    Sense id: en-인간-ko-noun-XZez5K2E Categories (other): North Korean, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, People Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 13 17 11 11 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 13 17 12 12 35 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 8 13 25 8 16 29 Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 18 6 8 69 Disambiguation of Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked: 24 7 15 55 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 18 12 12 57 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 11 7 7 75 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 막대인간 (makdaein'gan) (english: stick figure), 인간성(人間性) (in'ganseong) (english: humanness), 인간적(人間的) (in'ganjeok) (english: human) [attributive] Related terms: 닝겐 (ninggen)

Inflected forms

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      "hangeul": "인간"
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    {
      "hangeul": "인간"
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    {
      "other": "[인간]"
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  ],
  "word": "인간"
}

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