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Humanity in Korean 🇰🇷


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humanity 인류
How to say “humanity” in Korean? “인류”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “인류” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on humanity in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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인류 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Associate 인류 (inryu) with its Hanja roots: 人 (인) means "person" and 類 (류) means "kind" or "group." Visualizing 人 as a human figure can help you remember that 인류 refers to humankind.
• Think of 인류 as composed of two parts—인 (in) reminds you of "individuals" and 류 (ryu) recalls "group" or "kind," together signifying humanity.

Explanation:
• 인류 (inryu) is a Sino-Korean compound word where 인 means “human” or “person” and 류 means “type” or “kind.” It is directly equivalent to the English word “humanity.”
• The term emphasizes the collective nature of all human beings.

Other Words with the Same Meaning:
• 사람들 (saramdeul) – directly translates to “people.”
• 인간 (ingan) – means “human” or “mankind,” though it can sometimes refer to an individual human being as well.
• 휴머니티 (hyumaneeti) – a loanword from English “humanity,” used in similar contexts.

Alternate Meanings/Slang:
• There is no widely recognized slang meaning for 인류. It is predominantly used in formal or literary contexts to refer to the human race as a whole.

Examples of Sentences:
• 인류의 발전은 과학 기술 덕분에 가속화되고 있다.
(Inryu ui baljeon-eun gwahak gisul deokbune gasokhwadoego itda.)
Translation: Humanity’s advancement is being accelerated thanks to science and technology.

• 인류는 수천년의 역사를 통해 서로 협력하며 살아왔다.
(Inryu-neun sucheonnyeon-ui yeoksa-reul tonghae seoro hyeobryeokhamyeo salawatda.)
Translation: Humanity has lived by cooperating with each other throughout thousands of years of history.

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