"仙" meaning in Korean

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Character

IPA: [sʰʌ̹n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: 신선 선 [eumhun]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 仙 (MC sjen). Recorded as Middle Korean 션 (syen) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527. Etymology templates: {{der|ko|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|仙|id=1}} 仙 (MC sjen), {{m|okm|션}} 션 (syen), {{l|ko|訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=-}} 訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회, {{lw|ko|s:훈몽자회/人類#중02B|訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회|tr=-}} 訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회, {{hanja-hunmong|션|syen|人類#중02B}} Recorded as Middle Korean 션 (syen) (Yale: syen) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527. Head templates: {{ko-hanja|신선|선}} 仙 (eumhun 신선 선 (sinseon seon))
  1. Hanja form of 선 (“a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless”). Tags: alt-of, hanja Alternative form of: (extra: a sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless) Derived forms: 선인 (seonin) (alt: 仙人), 선학 (seonhak) (alt: 仙鶴), 선녀 (seonnyeo) (alt: 仙女), 선도 (seondo) (alt: 仙道), 신선 (sinseon) (alt: 神仙) (english: celestial or divine being; an immortal), 선인장 (seoninjang) (alt: 仙人掌)

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