Where does “인” come from?

인 (Korean) comes from Chinese 印.

인 (Korean): person; people; -ese; -ian; phosphorus

Definitions

  1. person; people; -ese; -ian; phosphorus

Ancestry of “인”, step by step

인 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 印

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese印—

via Middle Chinese 印

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese印—
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