인
Meanings
Noun
1. person; people; human, human being (literary, rather uncommon with the exception of archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean; also philosophy)
a. Used in certain proverbs, set phrases, or expressions (literary)
2. a person (encompassing both 법인(法人) (beobin, “legal persons”) and 자연인(自然人) (jayeonin, “natural persons”)) (law)
3. phosphorus (P) (chemistry)
4. ren: benevolence (the fundamental virtue of Confucianism) (Confucianism, philosophy)
5. nucleolus (biology)
6. seal, stamp (official)
7. synonym of 인상(印相) (insang, “mudra”) (Buddhism)
8. addiction (usually a harmful one); habit (of a person)
9. cause, reason, factor (formal or literary, formal, literary)
10. giant roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) (southwestern Gyeongsang)
Pronunciation
in
Examples17
인을 찍다/치다
to stamp
담배에 인이 박인 나는 독한 한산도를 피웠다.
[When I was] addicted to smoking, I used to smoke the Hansando [brand of cigarettes], which had a strong flavour.
인이 박이다/박히다
to get/become addicted (to); to get accustomed/used (to)
중국은 과거 수차례 나라가 바뀔 때에도 결국 인(人)을 등한시해 민족적 문제를 야기했다.
China has also in the past, throughout its ever-changing dynasties, brought about ethnic conflicts as it ultimately ignored the human [aspect of things].
노조가 모두 참여한 오늘 파업 시위로 […] 로테르담은 인의 바다를 이뤘다.
With the entire union participating today, [protesters] in Rotterdam formed a “sea of people” at the strike demonstration.
불란서에는 음악가가 적고, 화가와 조각가가 많다. 그들은 귀의 인이 아니고 눈의 인이다.
In France, there are not as many musicians as painters and sculptors. They have better eyes than ears.