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Cheonmin

Joseon class system
Class Hangul Hanja Status
Yangban 양반 兩班 noble class
Jungin 중인 中人 intermediate class
Sangmin 상민 常民 common people
Cheonmin 천민 賤民 lowborn people (nobi, baekjeong, mudang, gisaeng, etc.)
Cheonmin
Hunminjeongeum
천민
Hanja
賤民
Revised Romanizationcheonmin
McCune–Reischauerch'ŏnmin
IPA[tɕʰʌnmin]

Cheonmin (Korean천민; Hanja賤民), or "vulgar commoners", were the lowest caste of commoners in dynastical Korea. They abounded during the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon (1392–1897) periods of Korea's agrarian bureaucracy.


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