"선" meaning in Korean

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Syllable

Forms: seon [romanization]
Etymology: Korean reading of various Chinese characters. Head templates: {{ko-syllable}} 선 (seon)
  1. 線: line, wire, cable, route
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-qKIHy1Rm
  2. 線: line, wire, cable, route
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-hsP1MZNK
  3. 腺: gland
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-QXR-p1WW
  4. 腺: gland
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-DVN0cKeX
  5. 船: ship, vessel
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-YU00GNNl
  6. 船: ship, vessel
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-sZierLJc
  7. 善: goodness, virtue
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-ZQhYEDLi
  8. 善: goodness, virtue
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-IUEaCURM
  9. 禪: Zen
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-Ybnue56K Categories (other): Hanja readings, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Hanja readings: 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 16 16 5 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 7 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 15 15 6 6 6 6
  10. 禪: Zen
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-AdWFxFCv Categories (other): Hanja readings, Sino-Korean words Disambiguation of Hanja readings: 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 16 16 5 5 6 6 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 7 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 15 15 6 6 6 6
  11. 鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-x76jTKP3
  12. 鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-BdhJ~EGs
  13. 扇: fan
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-RN5v9gb8
  14. 扇: fan
    Sense id: en-선-ko-syllable-AAldbJE5

Alternative forms

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        "線: line, wire, cable, route\n"
      ]
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        "線: line, wire, cable, route\n"
      ],
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        "腺: gland\n(MC reading: 腺)",
        "腺: gland"
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        "腺: gland\n"
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        "腺: gland\n(MC reading: 腺)"
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        "腺: gland\n"
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "船: ship, vessel\n(MC reading: 船 (MC zywen))",
        "船: ship, vessel"
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        "船: ship, vessel\n"
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        "船: ship, vessel\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "善: goodness, virtue\n(MC reading: 善 (MC dzyenX))",
        "善: goodness, virtue"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "7 7 6 6 5 5 6 6 15 15 6 6 6 6",
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          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "禪: Zen\n(MC reading: 禪 (MC dzyen|dzyenH))",
        "禪: Zen"
      ],
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        "禪: Zen\n(MC reading: 禪 (MC dzyen|dzyenH))"
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        "禪: Zen\n"
      ],
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        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n(MC reading: 鮮 (MC sjen|sjenX|sjenH))",
        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant"
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          "鮮",
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        [
          "beautiful",
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          "brilliant",
          "brilliant"
        ],
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          "MC",
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        ],
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          "鮮",
          "鮮#Chinese"
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        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n"
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        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n(MC reading: 鮮 (MC sjen|sjenX|sjenH))"
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      "id": "en-선-ko-syllable-BdhJ~EGs",
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          "鮮",
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          "beautiful",
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        ],
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          "brilliant",
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          "MC",
          "Middle Chinese"
        ],
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          "鮮",
          "鮮#Chinese"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "扇: fan\n(MC reading: 扇 (MC syen|syenH))",
        "扇: fan"
      ],
      "id": "en-선-ko-syllable-RN5v9gb8",
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        "扇: fan\n"
      ]
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        "扇: fan\n(MC reading: 扇 (MC syen|syenH))"
      ],
      "id": "en-선-ko-syllable-AAldbJE5",
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        ],
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          "MC",
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        ],
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          "扇",
          "扇#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "MC reading: 扇 (MC syen|syenH)",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "扇: fan\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    }
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}
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        "線: line, wire, cable, route\n"
      ],
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    {
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        "腺: gland\n(MC reading: 腺)",
        "腺: gland"
      ],
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        "腺: gland\n"
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "腺: gland\n"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "船: ship, vessel\n(MC reading: 船 (MC zywen))",
        "船: ship, vessel"
      ],
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          "船",
          "船#Korean"
        ],
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          "ship",
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          "vessel",
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          "MC",
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          "船",
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        "船: ship, vessel\n"
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          "MC",
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      "qualifier": "MC reading: 船 (MC zywen)",
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        "船: ship, vessel\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
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        "善: goodness, virtue\n(MC reading: 善 (MC dzyenX))",
        "善: goodness, virtue"
      ],
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          "善",
          "善#Korean"
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          "goodness",
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          "virtue",
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          "MC",
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          "善",
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        "善: goodness, virtue\n"
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      "glosses": [
        "善: goodness, virtue\n(MC reading: 善 (MC dzyenX))"
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          "善",
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          "MC",
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          "善",
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        "善: goodness, virtue\n"
      ],
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        "禪: Zen\n(MC reading: 禪 (MC dzyen|dzyenH))",
        "禪: Zen"
      ],
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          "禪",
          "禪#Korean"
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        [
          "Zen",
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          "MC",
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        ],
        [
          "禪",
          "禪#Chinese"
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      ],
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        "禪: Zen\n"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "禪: Zen\n(MC reading: 禪 (MC dzyen|dzyenH))"
      ],
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          "禪",
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        ],
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          "Zen",
          "Zen"
        ],
        [
          "MC",
          "Middle Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "禪",
          "禪#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "禪: Zen\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n(MC reading: 鮮 (MC sjen|sjenX|sjenH))",
        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant"
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          "brilliant",
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          "MC",
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          "鮮",
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        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n"
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      ],
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          "鮮",
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          "beautiful",
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        ],
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          "brilliant",
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        ],
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          "MC",
          "Middle Chinese"
        ],
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          "鮮",
          "鮮#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "MC reading: 鮮 (MC sjen|sjenX|sjenH)",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "鮮: (to be) sweet, (to be) beautiful, brilliant\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "扇: fan\n(MC reading: 扇 (MC syen|syenH))",
        "扇: fan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "扇",
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        ],
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ],
        [
          "MC",
          "Middle Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "扇",
          "扇#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "扇: fan\n"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "扇: fan\n(MC reading: 扇 (MC syen|syenH))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "扇",
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        ],
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ],
        [
          "MC",
          "Middle Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "扇",
          "扇#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "MC reading: 扇 (MC syen|syenH)",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "扇: fan\n"
      ],
      "tags": []
    }
  ],
  "word": "선"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Korean dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.