Where does “-짱” come from?

-짱 (Korean) comes from Japanese ちゃん, from Japanese -さん — honorific suffix.

-짱 (Korean): chan

Definitions

  1. chan

Ancestry of “-짱”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseちゃん-chan; title affixed to animals
2Japanese-さんhonorific suffix
Every word from Japanese -さん →Every word from Japanese ちゃん →