Korean Word Entry

市民軍
Hangul:시민군
Revised Romanization:simingun
Definitions:
  1. volunteer army, militia

  2. (particularly) the armed protesters during the Gwangju Uprising


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Chinese characters used in this word

market, city, town, fair, trade
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕˋ (shì)
Cantonese: si5
Japanese: シ (shi) / いち (ichi)
Korean: 시 (si)
Vietnamese: thị

people, nation, subjects, citizens
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ (mín)
Cantonese: man4
Japanese: ミン (min) / たみ (tami)
Korean: 민 (min)
Vietnamese: dân

army, force, troops, war, battle, military, soldiers
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄩㄣ (jūn)
Cantonese: gwan1
Japanese: グン (gun)、 クン (kun) / いくさ (ikusa)、 つわもの (tsuwamono)
Korean: 군 (gun)
Vietnamese: quân
Variants
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