Bang (Korean)
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Bang is a romanization of the Korean word 방, meaning 'room'. In a traditional Korean house, a sarangbang (Hangul: 사랑방; Hanja: 舍廊房) is the man's study or drawing room, for example.
In modern Korea (especially in the South), the concept of a bang has expanded and diversified from being merely a walled segment in a domestic space, to including buildings or enterprises in commercial, urban, space, such as a PC bang (an internet café), a noraebang (a karaoke room), sojubang (a soju room, i.e. a pub), manwhabang ("manwha room", where people read or borrow manwha) and a jjimjilbang (elaborate Korean public bathhouse). This can be compared with the similar expansion of the concept of a 'house' to include upper houses, opera houses, coffee houses, and publishing houses.
| Bang (Korean) | |
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| Hangul | 방 |
| Hanja | 房 |
| Revised Romanization | bang |
| McCune–Reischauer | pang or bang[1] |
Phonetically more tensed word ppang(빵) is used as an abbreviation of a noun gambang[2] (Hangul: 감방; Hanja: 監房; McCune-Reischauer: kambang), meaning 'jail'.
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Traditional Korean Sarangbang (Study room) Exterior, in the British Museum Department of Asia
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Traditional Korean Sarangbang (Study room) Interior, in the British Museum Department of Asia
[edit] Notes
- ^ The former is transcribed when the consonant ㅂ is voiceless phonetically, and the latter is transcribed when it is voiced.
- ^ Generally it is pronounced as kkamppang (Hangeul: 깜빵).
[edit] References
- "City of the Bang". Ninth Architecture Biennial of Venice 2004. http://www.korean-pavilion.or.kr/04pavilion/e_2004_02.htm. Retrieved 2005-06-16.
- ""Bang" Culture". Just a Hakwon. http://justahakwon.com/english/korea_bang.asp. Retrieved 2005-06-16.
- Roman and Daniela Jost. "Sarangbang (Sarang-bang, Sarang Chae, Anchae) Korean Men's and women's quarters". Traditional Korean and Japanese furniture. http://www.asien-zuhause.ch/Korea_Allgemein/Sarangbang.htm. Retrieved 2005-06-16.
- "Korean Housing". Archived from the original on 2005-02-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20050206065511/http://www.koreanfolk.co.kr/folk/english/03/b10.htm. Retrieved 2005-06-16.
