삼촌

Korean

Alternative forms

삼춘 (samchun)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 三 (“three”) + 寸 (“degrees of kinship”). A degree of kinship is the relationship between a parent and a child, so an uncle is three degrees of kinship away from the speaker (speaker to parent, parent to grandparent, grandparent to uncle).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠mt͡ɕʰo̞n]
Phonetic hangul: [삼촌]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	samchon
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	samchon
McCune–Reischauer^?	samch'on
Yale Romanization^?	samchon

Noun

삼촌 • (samchon) (hanja 三寸)

uncle; male sibling of a parent

Derived terms

외삼촌(外三寸) (oesamchon, “maternal uncle”)
친삼촌(親三寸) (chinsamchon, “paternal uncle”)

Related terms

사촌(四寸) (sachon, “first cousin”)
오촌(五寸) (ochon, “first cousin once removed”)
육촌(六寸) (yukchon, “second cousin”)
칠촌(七寸) (chilchon, “second cousin once removed”)
팔촌(八寸) (palchon, “third cousin”)

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