"공안" meaning in Korean

See 공안 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ko̞ŋa̠n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: Gong'an [romanization], 公安 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 公安, from 公 (“public”) + 安 (“safety”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|公安}}, {{ko-etym-sino|公|public|安|safety}} Sino-Korean word from 公安, from 公 (“public”) + 安 (“safety”) Head templates: {{ko-proper noun|hanja=公安}} 공안 • (Gong'an) (hanja 公安)
  1. Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China) Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Hubei, China
    Sense id: en-공안-ko-name-ROonaZVT Categories (other): Counties and county-level cities of Hubei, China
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ŋa̠n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gong'an [romanization], 公安 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 公安, from 公 (“public”) + 安 (“safety”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|公安}}, {{ko-etym-sino|公|public|安|safety}} Sino-Korean word from 公安, from 公 (“public”) + 安 (“safety”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=公安}} 공안 • (gong'an) (hanja 公安)
  1. the police in certain countries or historical contexts, today most commonly the police forces of the People's Republic of China or of Vietnam Synonyms: 경찰 (alt: 警察)
    Sense id: en-공안-ko-noun-mSDYjV8X Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 33 50 5 13 Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 39 54 7 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 20 43 12 25 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 33 46 7 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 54 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 58 4 2 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 17 45 12 27
  2. public safety Synonyms: 치안 (alt: 治安)
    Sense id: en-공안-ko-noun-nfOJDOj9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ŋa̠n] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gong'an [romanization], 公案 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 公案. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|公案}}, {{ko-etym-sino|公案}} Sino-Korean word from 公案 Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=公案}} 공안 • (gong'an) (hanja 公案)
  1. (Buddhism) synonym of 화두(話頭) (“koan”) Synonyms: 화두(話頭) [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-공안-ko-noun-M-cJDjjn Categories (other): Buddhism Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 公安, from 公 (“public”) + 安 (“safety”).",
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          "english": "He was arrested by the Chinese police for drug smuggling charges.",
          "roman": "jungguk gong'an-ege mayak milmae hyeomui-ro chepodoeeotda.",
          "text": "중국 공안에게 마약 밀매 혐의로 체포되었다.",
          "type": "example"
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        [
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        }
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          "name": "Counties and county-level cities of Hubei, China",
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          "english": "He was arrested by the Chinese police for drug smuggling charges.",
          "roman": "jungguk gong'an-ege mayak milmae hyeomui-ro chepodoeeotda.",
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    }
  ],
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          "話頭#Korean"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 공안 meaning in Korean (5.0kB)

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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Korean dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.