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仁川いんちょん

also: じんせん

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Incheon; Inchon

A major city in South Korea, known for its international airport and port. The reading インチョン is standard; じんせん is a rare Japanese-style reading.

仁川国際空港いんちょんこくさいくうこうは韓かん国こく最さい大だいの空くう港こうの一ひとつです。
Incheon International Airport is one of the largest airports in South Korea.
来らい月げつ、仁川いんちょんへ出しゅっ張ちょうに行いきます。
I'm going on a business trip to Incheon next month.

Kanji

仁humanity, virtue, benevolence
川stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Written forms

仁川Usage86%
- インチョン
  Standard kanji form for the Korean city Incheon; reading is the Korean-derived インチョン.
- じんせん
  Japanese on'yomi reading; rarely used in modern contexts, mostly historical or literary.
インチョンUsage14%
じんせん

Etymology

From Korean 인천 (Incheon), written in Japanese with the ateji 仁川. The reading インチョン is a direct borrowing from Korean; じんせん is the Japanese on'yomi of the same characters.