사림

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 士林 (“academic circles”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)ɾim]
• Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)림]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sarim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	salim
McCune–Reischauer?	sarim
Yale Romanization?	sālim

Proper noun

사림 • (Sarim) (hanja 士林)

1. (historical) sarim (a Joseon-era political faction of writers and scholars who studied and wrote about Confucianism in a rural forest area)

   Synonym: 사림파(士林派) (Sarimpa)

   사림 문화 ― sarim munhwa ― Confucian scholar culture

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 詞 (“poem, poetry”) + 林 (“forest, woods”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ɾim]
• Phonetic hangul: [사림]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sarim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	salim
McCune–Reischauer?	sarim
Yale Romanization?	salim

Noun

사림 • (sarim) (hanja 詞林)

1. a society of poem- and prose-writers
2. writing by the above
3. Synonym of 한림 (Hallim).

Etymology 3

Noun

사림 • (sarim)

1. (Hamgyong, Yukjin and Russia dialect) Alternative form of 사람 (saram, “person”).