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), 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)
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

Traditional Korean Sarangbang (Study room) Interior, in the British Museum Department of Asia

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  1. ^ The former is transcribed when the consonant ㅂ is voiceless phonetically, and the latter is transcribed when it is voiced.
  2. ^ Generally it is pronounced as kkamppang (Hangeul: 깜빵).

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