시간
sigan
hanja 時間
time; hour
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
시
ㅅsinitial+ㅣimedial
간
ㄱginitial+ㅏamedial+ㄴnfinal
時time
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間interval
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Examples
- 시간이 없어요.I have no time.
- 두 시간 동안 공부했어요.I studied for two hours.
Collocations
시간이 있다시간이 없다시간을 보내다
Mnemonic
sigan is the Sino-Korean noun 時間: 時 (si, time) plus 間 (gan, interval). It means "time" in general and also counts hours: se sigan is "three hours". Do not confuse it with si (時) alone, which marks clock hours, as in se si (three on the clock).
Quick check
How do you say "three hours"?