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Etymology

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From Japanese 主人公 (shujinkō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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주인공 (ju'in'gong)

  1. protagonist, leading character, hero, heroine

Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 主人公, from (chief) + (person) + (fair), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 主人公(しゅじんこう) (shujinkō), from Middle Chinese 主人公 (tsyuX nyin kuwng).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ju'in'gong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ju'ingong
McCune–Reischauer?chuin'gong
Yale Romanization?cwuinkong

Noun

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주인공 (ju'in'gong) (hanja 主人公)

  1. (theater, literature) protagonist, leading character, hero, heroine
    주인공이 되면 인생이 피곤해진다.
    ju'in'gong'i doemyeon insaeng'i pigonhaejinda.
    Life gets tired when you become the main character.
    • 1849, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in David Copperfield:
      나의 자서전이라고도 할 수 있는 이 이야기에서, 과연 내가 주인공인지, 아니면 다른 사람에게 주인공의 자리를 넘겼는지는 다음을 읽어보면 알게 될 것이다.
      Naui jaseojeoniragodo hal su inneun i iyagieseo, gwayeon naega ju'in'gong'inji, animyeon dareun saramege ju'in'gong'ui jarireul neomgyeonneunjineun da'eumeul ilgeobomyeon alge doel geosida.
      [original: Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.]
  2. (by extension) The central figure in any situation.

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