소년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 少年, from 少 (“few”) + 年 (“year; age”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰo̞(ː)ɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)년]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sonyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sonyeon
McCune–Reischauer?sonyŏn
Yale Romanization?sōnyen

Noun

소년 • (sonyeon) (hanja 少年)

  1. boy (older than 6 years old and so on)
    Coordinate term: 소녀(少女) (sonyeo, “girl”)
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