0 사랑, 원래 무슨 뜻이었을까What did 'sarang' originally mean?
'Sarang' (love) is a word we use every day. Five hundred years ago it meant something else entirely: to think of. · Lossless WAV; original at brain-hz.com.
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'Sarang' once meant 'to think of someone'
채널 얼굴 6번(첫 10편). 순우리말 어원 대표편. 핵심: 중세국어 '사랑하다'는 '생각하다(思)'의 뜻이었다 → 오늘의 '사랑하다'. 감성 최고점. 思量(사량) 한자 기원설은 '설'로만 언급하고 단정 금지(오쌤 규칙). 옛한글 조합 자모는 화면·대본 모두 금지 — 아래아 표기는 말로만 설명.
'Sarang' (love) is a word we use every day. Five hundred years ago it meant something else entirely: to think of. · Lossless WAV; original at brain-hz.com.
In early Joseon texts, 'saranghada' often only makes sense if read as 'to think of'. Old character primers even glossed 思 (think) with this word.
Thinking of someone leads to cherishing them. The word followed the path the heart takes: think of → cherish → love.
The older verb for loving was 'goida' — as in the Goryeo song Jeonggwajeong: 'goi-o-syosyeo', please love me.
Some say 사랑 comes from the hanja 思量 (think + measure). It fits well, but it is one theory among several — not settled. We say so plainly.
Sarang came from thinking. If someone keeps coming to mind — Korean already told you what that is. To love was to think of.