사람
saram
person
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
사
ㅅsinitial+ㅏamedial
람
ㄹrinitial+ㅏamedial+ㅁmfinal
Examples
- 저 사람은 제 친구예요.That person is my friend.
- 식당에 사람이 많아요.There are a lot of people in the restaurant.
Collocations
좋은 사람한국 사람사람이 많다
Mnemonic
saram is the native Korean word for "person" — not a Sino-Korean loan, so there is no hanja behind it. Counting people uses the counter -myeong (名): han-myeong (one person). The honorific equivalent is bun.
Quick check
Why does saram have no hanja?