산

산	U+C0B0, 산 HANGUL SYLLABLE SAN

Composition:

ㅅ + ㅏ + ㄴ

← 삯
[U+C0AF]

Hangul Syllables

삱 →
[U+C0B1]

삐 ←	→ 새
사 삭 삮 삯산삱 삲 삳 살 삵 삶 삷 삸 삹 삺 삻 삼 삽 삾 삿 샀 상 샂 샃 샄 샅 샆 샇

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 山.

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽san⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠n]
Phonetic hangul: [산]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	san
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	san
Yale Romanization^?	san

Noun

산 (san)

mountain
Synonym: 오름 (oreum)
tomb
Synonyms: 메 (me), 봉분 (bongbun)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 山.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠n]
Phonetic hangul: [산]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	san
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	san
McCune–Reischauer^?	san
Yale Romanization^?	san

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 山)

mountain
산을 타다/오르다 ― san-eul tada/oreuda ― to climb a mountain
(metonymically) graveyard; mountainside cemetery
Synonym: (more common) 산소(山所) (sanso)

Usage notes

Small elevations of less than 100 meters, which would normally be considered "hills" in English, are often called 산 (san) in Korean.

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 山 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (山, san).

뒷산(山) (dwitsan)
산(山)토끼 (santokki)
앞산(山) (apsan)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 酸.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠n]
Phonetic hangul: [산]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	san
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	san
McCune–Reischauer^?	san
Yale Romanization^?	san

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 酸)

(chemistry) acid

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 酸 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (酸, san).

스테아르산 (seuteareusan)
아미노산 (aminosan)
카복실산 (kaboksilsan)
팔미트산 (palmiteusan)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 算.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠(ː)n]
Phonetic hangul: [산(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	san
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	san
McCune–Reischauer^?	san
Yale Romanization^?	sān

Noun

산 • (san) (hanja 算)

(formal, less common) calculation
Synonym: (more common) 계산(計算) (gyesan)

산이 틀렸다. ― San-i teullyeotda. ― The calculation is wrong.

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 算 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (算, san).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 産.

Suffix

—산 • (-san) (hanja 産)

made in..., product of...
‎한국(韓國) (han'guk, “Korea”) + ‎산(産) (san) → ‎한국산(韓國産) (han'guksan, “made in Korea”)

Derived terms

See the hanja entry at 産 for Sino-Korean compounds of 산 (産, san).