Korean Word Entry

(literary, rather uncommon with the exception of archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean; also philosophy) person; people; human, human being

Used in certain proverbs, set phrases, or expressions

2004 September 21, ""유럽 최대 항구 로테르담 총파업, 6만명 시위 참가 [yureop choedae hanggu rotereudam chongpa'eop, 6manmyeong siwi chamga]"", in Voice of the People‎[1]:노조가 모두 참여한 오늘 파업 시위로 […] 로테르담은 인의 바다를 이뤘다.Nojo-ga modu chamyeo-han oneul pa'eop siwi-ro [ … ] Rotereudam-eun in-ui bada-reul irwotda.With the entire union participating today, [protesters] in Rotterdam formed a ""sea of people"" at the strike demonstration.

(law) a person (encompassing both 법인(法人) (beobin, ""legal persons"") and 자연인(自然人) (jayeonin, ""natural persons""))

Counter for number of people (with Sino-Korean numerals)

-ese, -ian; person from... (indicates person of certain nationality or ethnicity)

-ist, -ian (indicates person of certain occupation)