0 삼촌이 세 번째 아저씨예요?Is 삼촌 the third uncle?
'Why is my uncle called 삼촌 — the third uncle?' 'He's three joints away.' 'Joints? Like finger joints?' 'Families have joints?'
Hanja Family · 한자 가족
三 — 석 삼
삼촌은 세 번째 아저씨예요? — 석 삼(三), 마디 촌(寸)은 가족 거리
Is 삼촌 the third uncle? — 三 three, 寸 a family joint
문증 what the dictionary records
삼촌(三寸)·사촌(四寸)·삼각형(三角形)·삼국(三國). 한자·독음은 표준국어대사전·우리말샘 원어 칸.
- 우리말샘 三寸·四寸·三角形·三國
1 마디 촌 — 삼촌 세 마디, 사촌 네 마디寸: three joints, four joints
三 — three lines. 寸 — a joint. Me to my parents: one joint; parents to grandparents: two; from there to uncle: three. 三寸. His kids are 四寸 — four joints.
2 삼각형·삼국Triangle, Three Kingdoms
三角形 three-horn shape; 三國 three kingdoms — Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla.
3 삼촌, 왜 삼촌이에요?Uncle, why 삼촌?
'Ask your uncle: why 삼촌?' 'Uncle! Three-joint uncle — not third uncle!'
4 저랑 세 마디예요Three joints from me
'Uncle, you're three joints from me. That's why you're 삼촌!'
삼촌은 세 번째가 아니라, 세 마디였어요.